Breast hypoplasia is a condition which is characterized by underdevelopment of the breast. Breast hypoplasia can be congenital or acquired. Please Note: You can also scroll through stacks with your mouse wheel or the keyboard arrow keys. Updating… Please wait. Unable to process the form. Check for errors and try again.
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When your breast was biopsied, the samples taken were studied under the microscope by a specialized doctor with many years of training called a pathologist. The pathologist sends your doctor a report that gives a diagnosis for each sample taken. Information in this report will be used to help manage your care. The questions and answers that follow are meant to help you understand medical language you might find in the pathology report from a breast biopsy , such as a needle biopsy or an excision biopsy. In a needle biopsy, a needle is used to remove a sample of an abnormal area. An excision biopsy removes the entire abnormal area, often with some of the surrounding normal tissue.
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Tubular breasts are underdeveloped breasts. This will cause her to either have no milk at all or very low milk supply. Hypoplastic tubular breasts can look normal after surgery, but a woman must then realize that her chances of breastfeeding after surgery are very slim since surgery cannot fix hypoplasia internally by adding glands, it can only fix the outward appearance, and during the operation there is always some glandular tissue that is destroyed. I was reassured by a lactation consultant and also by family members who had breastfed successfully despite having small breasts.