Gynecomastia | 63 to 93 | Discrete, round, mobile mass under areola; usually bilateral |
Pseudogynecomastia | 5.4 | Increased adipose rather than glandular tissue on examination |
Breast cancer | 1.4 to 2.9 | Patient falls outside of age range for physiologic gynecomastia |
Bloody nipple discharge |
Axillary lymphadenopathy |
Nonpainful mass (pain more common in gynecomastia) |
Often unilateral |
Personal history of malignancy |
Lipoma | 0.9 to 2.9 | Asymmetric breast enlargement |
Sebaceous cyst | 1.4 to 2 | Drainage of material from site |
Swelling feels closer to skin than a part of deeper tissue |
Asymmetric breast enlargement |
Mastitis | 0.8 to 1.1 | Systemic signs of infection |
Fat necrosis | 0.3 to 0.9 | History of injury to the area may be present |
May be a local swelling, not over nipple areolar complex |
Asymmetric breast enlargement |
Dermoid cyst | 0.9 | Painless lump that may enlarge; |
may be anywhere in the breast |
Hematoma | 0.9 | History of injury to the area may be present |
Asymmetric breast enlargement |
Metastatic disease | 0.8 | History of cancer |
Ductal ectasia | 0.5 | Nonspecific breast tenderness |
Hamartoma | 0.5 | Solid mass; diagnosis made with pathologic examination |
Lymphoplasmacytic inflammation | 0.5 | Diagnosis made on pathology specimen after removal of mass |
Postsurgical changes | 0.5 | History of surgery |