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Enfermedad fibroquística de las mamas - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Enfermedad benigna de las mamas; Displasia mamaria; Mastopatía quística difusa

Definición:

Es una frase común utilizada para describir la presencia de dolor y protuberancias en las mamas. La palabra "enfermedad" lleva a las mujeres a preocuparse por anomalías en las mamas, pero realmente no se trata de una enfermedad.

Algunos médicos emplean la frase "cambio fibroquístico" debido a que suena menos preocupante para la paciente.

Causas, incidencia y factores de riesgo:

Durante un ciclo menstrual de una mujer, las mamas resultan afectadas por hormonas producidas en los ovarios. Estas hormonas pueden provocar que las mamas se sientan hinchadas, adoloridas y con protuberancias. Después de la menopausia, estos cambios en las mamas por lo regular dejan de presentarse.

No hay ninguna causa concreta para las mamas adoloridas y con protuberancias. Algunas mujeres creen que comer chocolate, beber cafeína o consumir una dieta rica en grasa puede causar estos síntomas, pero no existe una prueba contundente de esto.

Los cambios fibroquísticos en la mama con el ciclo menstrual afectan a más de la mitad de las mujeres y comienzan con mayor frecuencia durante las edades de 30 a 40 años. Las mujeres que toman hormonoterapia pueden tener más síntomas y las que toman píldoras anticonceptivas tienen menos síntomas.

  • Reviewed last on: 1/24/2011
  • Debra G. Wechter, MD, FACS, General Surgery practice specializing in breast cancer, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Miltenburg DM, Speights VO Jr. Benign breast disease. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2008;35:285-300.

Valea FA, Katz VL. Breast diseases: diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant disease. In: Katz VL, Lentz GM, Lobo RA, Gershenson DM, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2007:chap 15.

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