The long trail of tests
Test Results
- [July, 2005] Ultrasound, right breast – done, no mass found, fluid filled milk duct seen
- [Dec 19th, 2005] Milk duct fluid culture – done, atypical cells seen
- [Jan 4th, 2006] Ultrasound, right breast – done, no mass found, fluid filled milk duct seen…again
- [Jan 5th] Ductogram, right breast – done, calcifications in the ductal system found
- [Jan 10th] Mammogram, both breasts – done, 9-10 CM area of calcifications seen in right breast, highly suspicious for malignancy, “cancer appears to be extensive”, left breast looks clear
- [Jan 11th] MRI, right breast – done, 6 CM area of suspicious calcifications seen, highly suspicious for malignancy
- [Jan 17th] Axillary lymph node fine needle aspiration – done, clear, no malignancy seen
- [Jan 17th] Core needle biopsy, right breast – DCIS found, no definitive signs of invasive cancer
- [Jan 17th] Blood work – done, clear
- [Jan 17th] Chest X-ray – done, clear
- [Jan 20th] CT Scan – done, clear
- [Jan 20th] MRI, left breast – two suspicious areas seen, more testing required
- [Jan 24th] Bone scan – done, clear
- [Jan 31st] MRI guided core needle biopsy, left breast – done, clear, growth is a intraductal papilloma
- Genetic work-up, no generic predisposition to breast cancer found (e.g. BRCA1, BRCA2)
Treatment
- [Jan 30th] Reconstructive surgery pre-op, done
- [Feb 9th] Mastectomy pre-op, done
- [Feb 15th] Mastectomy, sentinel lymph node removal and biopsy, left breast wire guided biopsy – done