The following symptoms and complaints may indicate mastopathy: Leading symptoms
- Fine- to coarse-grained, often pressure-sensitive nodules in the breast (frequently in the upper outer quadrant) [palpation findings (palpation findings): diffuse induration; feels bumpy and nodular; usually bilateral]
- Mastodynia – feeling of tension or pain in the mamma (breast); occur cycle-dependent with a maximum in the second half of the cycle; if the complaints are independent of the cycle, it is called mastalgia
- Galactorrhea (abnormal breast milk discharge) – very rare.
Palpation findings (palpation findings) are usually best collected premenstrually (before menstruation).