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title: What causes cyclical breast pain, and is it related to fibrocystic disease?
description: Fibrocystic disease doesn't cause cyclical breast pain. The exact cause is unknown, but researchers believe it originates in the breast tissue itself rather t
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- What causes cyclical breast pain, and is it related to fibrocystic disease?

Survey study, 1985

# What causes cyclical breast pain, and is it related to fibrocystic disease?

Fibrocystic disease doesn't cause cyclical breast pain. The exact cause is unknown, but researchers believe it originates in the breast tissue itself rather than in hormone-producing organs.

 Early or limited evidence

39 women with cyclical breast pain and 68 without breast pain

## What they did

Researchers examined breast tissue samples under a microscope from 39 women with cyclical breast pain and 68 women without breast pain.

## What they found

Women with cyclical breast pain did not have more fibrocystic disease than women without pain. There was no link between cyclical breast pain and disorders of the internal reproductive organs. The source of the pain appears to be located in the breast tissue itself.

## What it means for you

Cyclical breast pain is not fully understood yet. The study examined what was different in the tissue, but the exact mechanism causing the pain remains unclear.

39

women with cyclical breast pain

68

women without breast pain

## About the study

Original title Cyclical mastalgia and breast pathology Authors Jørgensen J, Watt-Boolsen S Journal Acta chirurgica Scandinavica Year 1985 Study design Survey study Participants 39 Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4041107/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4041107/)

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