Case of a Female with an Unbearable Painful Lump in the Right Breast

Breast cancer is the most common site-specific cancer and causes 15% of cancer deaths in women aged 20-59 years. Estrogen exposure, lifestyle, familial and inherited genetic mutations, exposure to radiation, and a woman’s age are the common risk factors of breast cancer. Case presentation A  39-year-old female presented to the hospital with unbearable pain in her right breast lump. She also complained about yellowish discharge oozing from the skin and the blood covering the lump.

Six months ago, the patient observed the lump, but it was ignored due to the absence of skin changes and yellowish discharge. Before presenting to the physician, she recognized an increase in the lump size; hence, she visited the hospital for a check-up. She underwent a mammography (Figure 1) and a biopsy (Figure 2). History Nulliparous No family history of any malignancies The menstrual cycle started…