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Mammograms and ultrasounds only detect cancerous lumps.. or lumps that have cancer.

Mammograms and Ultrasounds can detect benign lumps/masses in the breast, Mammograms are unable to distinguish the difference if something is solid or cystic, so an ultrasound is used in conjunction with a mammogram.

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It either can see it, or it isn't just a lump. If you're worried about cancer, sometimes that lump is actually just a lipid (large ball of fat) that isn't going to show up as something abnormal on an ultrasound.

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