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Jenny
07/22/08
Category: breast lumps

Lump is there, but mammogram showed nothing?

Last week i found a painful lump in my right breast.  the dr felt it and ordered a mammogram so i went for the mammogram and it showed nothing was there.  Even tho you can clearly feel the lump and it is still very painful.  So im confused.  should i ask my dr. to give me an…

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