Teenagers
Teenagers are not seen at the breast clinic unless they have a breast lump larger than 4 cm, roughly the size of a golfball, which might need excision. Small lumps in teenagers are almost always fibroadenomas. Lumps in teenagers do not need a biopsy or imaging, just a clinical follow-up. We suggest you follow your patient up in 3 months. If the lump is rapidly enlarging then contact us for an appointment, otherwise explain the benign nature of breast lumps in teenagers to your patient and discharge them to return if the lump continues to enlarge.
If you feel your patient should be seen because of concern please contact us by email at breastsurgendo@gmail.com Please provide the patient name, DOB, and hospital number of your patient in all correspondence.