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Hi lovely ladies  

New to this forum but Hope you are all as well as we can be x

Dont know if anyone has had this happen ,

Got my diagnosis in March , one lump found , had an MRI to check everything before my surgery , my treatment is surgery and radiotherapy,  saw my Doctor after the MRI for the results but unfortunately she said they had seen 2 more lumps so she made an appointment for an ultrasound and biopsy of them both , the radiologist doing the ultrasound said she couldn't see them ? I'm going back to my consultant on Wednesday for the results of the biopsy but never had it done!! Could the MRI be very sensitive and picked up lumps that were not there ? Very anxious now incase the surgeon decides to leave them if she finds them during surgery , has anyone else had a similar experience between the results of am MRI and an ultrasound?

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    hi, sorry to hear youre going through this but rest assured you are not alone and this is a great site to talk, get advice and just share fears and sucesses with all the lovely ladies (and some gents) on this page.After researching everything possible about BC due to a relative having it i can only tell you that as i understand it an MRI and an Ultrashall are completely different in picking up breast tumors, and MRI will pick it up, an Ultrashall often not, an Ultraschall will also not show calcification, for that you need a Mammogram, calcification can be an indication of early BC, but is often benign and of no significance. if you were ordered a Biopsy that should have been done, its also possible whilst undergoing an MRI to perform Biopsies, i would make sure that you get all this done as soon as possible to either confirm or rule out other tumors....all the best. xx

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    hi, sorry to hear youre going through this but rest assured you are not alone and this is a great site to talk, get advice and just share fears and sucesses with all the lovely ladies (and some gents) on this page.After researching everything possible about BC due to a relative having it i can only tell you that as i understand it an MRI and an Ultrashall are completely different in picking up breast tumors, and MRI will pick it up, an Ultrashall often not, an Ultraschall will also not show calcification, for that you need a Mammogram, calcification can be an indication of early BC, but is often benign and of no significance. if you were ordered a Biopsy that should have been done, its also possible whilst undergoing an MRI to perform Biopsies, i would make sure that you get all this done as soon as possible to either confirm or rule out other tumors....all the best. xx

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