About 80% of breast lumps are caused by one of the following conditions are not dangerous:

1. breast cysts

In some women, hormone fluctuations during the menstrual cycle can create a breast cyst. Breast cysts are fluid-filled sacs that are not harmful. This sac grows and larger in the mammary gland and surrounding tissue. When touched, breast cyst lump that feels as smooth and slippery, like a water balloon. Besides shaped lumps, cysts can also cause thickening of the breast tissue.

Breast cysts usually grow on both sides of the breast, which can change the size and density during your menstrual cycle. Breast cysts can be single or multiple (multiple), which is near the surface or deeper, near the chest wall. If the cyst is closer to the surface, you more easily find and distinguish from other lumps. But if more deep, you are more difficult to dibedakannya from other types of breast lumps, because hidden behind layers of breast tissue may be dense and hard.

Breast cysts usually occur in women aged 30 to 50’s, but most often found in women approaching menopause. Post-menopausal women are less likely to have this condition.

Breast cysts require no treatment, but your doctor may recommend medical action to remove them. Doctors can perform fine-needle aspiration with a syringe. This procedure suck fluid from the cyst so that makes it flat.

2. Fibroadenoma

Fibroadenoma is the most common benign tumor found in female breast. The shape of a solid lump, round, and supple moving freely in the breast when pushed and is usually painless. Fibroadenoma is the result of excessive growth in milk-producing glands (lobules) and the surrounding breast tissue.

Fibroadenomas most frequently found in women aged between 20 and 30’s. Except in rare cases, tumors did not develop into cancer itself and usually shrink after menopause. However, it is often difficult to ensure that a lump is a fibroadenoma, not breast cancer. The only way to be sure is to take it or perform a biopsy of it.

Large fibroadenoma can make it uncomfortable and stressful. If discomfort is felt particularly troublesome, your doctor may give oral contraceptives or other drugs to reduce pain around the time of the menstrual cycle.

3. Papilloma intraduktus

Intraduktus papilloma is a small non-cancerous lumps in the breast milk ducts (lactiferous duct), which usually looks like a rash around the nipple. If you are under the nipple, a lump can be felt is not always / palpable. Intraduktus papilloma can be found on both sides of the breast and may cause nipple discharge (nipple discharge). Because nipple discharge is also a sign of breast cancers, you should immediately consult if you experience these symptoms.

Benign tumors that usually affects women aged 45 to 50 years does not require treatment. If symptoms do not go away or bother you, your doctor may recommend to remove it, following the affected lactiferous duct network.

4. Fat necrosis

This condition occurs due to trauma (sudden injury) in the breast, although you may not realize have experienced it. Trauma causes the formation of fat clots that did not hurt a single die. Apart from trauma, surgery and radiation to the breast may also lead to fat necrosis.