Symptoms
Most of the women who develop intraductal carcinoma do not experience symptoms at all. The first signs and symptoms may however appear once the cancer advances. In few cases, intraductal carcinoma may cause:
- A lump or thickening in or near the breast or under the arm
- A change in the size or shape of the breast
- Nipple discharge or nipple tenderness; the nipple may also be inverted, or pulled back into the breast
- Ridges or pitting of the breast; the skin may look like the skin of an orange
- A change in the way the skin of the breast, areola, or nipple looks or feels such as warmth, swelling, redness or scaliness.
Because of the lack of early symptoms, most women who develop this condition are detected with it as a result of breast screening. Intraductal cancer can be easily seen on mammograms.
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