A health care provider performs a clinical breast examination on a woman diagnosed with fibroadenoma.How would the nurse explain the defining characteristics of a fibroadenoma?

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Fibroadenomas are characterized by discrete,usually solitary lumps smaller than 3 cm in diameter.Fibroadenomas increase in size during pregnancy and shrink as the woman ages.Inflammation of the milk ducts and glands behind the nipples is associated with mammary duct ectasia,not fibroadenoma.Thick,sticky discharge from the nipple of the affected breast is associated with galactorrhea,not fibroadenoma.Lumpiness in both breasts that develops 1 week before menstruation is associated with fibrocystic changes of the breast,not fibroadenoma.

A Health Care Provider Performs a Clinical Breast Examination on a Woman