What are the treatments for breast cysts?

When treating breast cysts, you need to pay attention to understanding the nature of the cyst. If it is a simple cyst, this type of cyst grows quickly and can be easily confused with breast cancer, so you need to identify the symptoms before treating it.

1. Simple cyst: the most common breast cyst. It is mainly due to endocrine disorders that cause ductal epithelial hyperplasia and an increase in cells in the duct, resulting in duct extension, tortuosity, and folding. The duct wall at the fold becomes necrotic due to ischemia, forming a cyst. This disease is common in middle-aged women, with round or oval breast lumps as the main symptoms. Cysts can be single or multiple.

2 In single cases, the tumor often grows rapidly and can easily be confused with breast cancer. Cysts often change with the menstrual cycle and are accompanied by premenstrual breast pain. To confirm the diagnosis, mammography, ultrasound and needle aspiration cytology can be performed. If multiple punctures are ineffective, or if cytological or histological examinations confirm epithelial hyperplasia or papillomavirus, surgical treatment is appropriate.

3. Milk cyst: also known as milk retention cyst, which is less common than simple cyst. It is mainly due to the blockage of a duct during lactation, which causes milk stasis and forms a cyst. Cysts can occur anywhere in the breast, but are most common deep in the breast. This disease is more common in women of childbearing age, often occurring during pregnancy or lactation or after lactation, with breast lumps as the main clinical symptom. The lumps are mostly round or oval, with a smooth surface, a cystic feel, clear boundaries, wide mobility, and no adhesion to the skin. In case of secondary infection, local inflammatory reactions such as redness, swelling, heat and pain may be seen, and enlarged lymph nodes may be felt in the ipsilateral axilla. If the cyst is large, the patient has a long history of illness, or has recurrent infections, surgical removal of the cyst is recommended.