Uncertainty and Clinical Method
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Case 1. Lindsay, a 36-year-old woman with a breast lump. She is 7 weeks pregnant with her second child. She had a benign lump removed from this part of the same breast 4 years ago and was told to get any further lumps checked out promptly. She stopped breast feeding 2 months ago. I examine her. She has tender breasts and an ill-defi ned lump in the upper outer quadrant of the left one, but no ‘red fl ag’ signs (such as skin tethering or enlarged lymph nodes).
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