Ailments & Conditions

Breast Cancer Lumps – What You Need to Know

Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Not all forms of breast cancer cause a mass. For instance, inflammatory breast cancer is a type that would not cause a lump or not show up on the result of a mammogram. Other common symptoms of this disease include:

– Thickening areas or ridges on the breast

– Changes in the color of the breast skin

– Pain, tenderness, or itchiness

– Retracted or flat nipple

– The breast is warm to the touch

– Swelling in one breast, making it bigger than the other

– Dimpled skin like an orange peel [5]