The appearance of small “dimples” or “orange peel” on the skin of the breasts is indicative of lymphedema, which in most cases is caused by breast cancer and requires a thorough examination.
When breast cancer is present, the cancerous tumor blocks the subcutaneous lymphatic vessels of the breast, resulting in impaired lymphatic drainage and subcutaneous edema, and the skin of the breast is altered, resulting in the appearance of small “dimples” or “orange peel”. Small “dimples” or “orange peel” may occur when the patient has inflammation of the mammary glands, but the percentage is small. In some cases, it is caused by the loss of estrogen stimulation of the mammary glands in menopausal women and the retraction of the mammary glands.
Breast cancer is correlated with the abnormal expression of hormone levels in the patient’s body, and there will be lumps in the breast, bloody nipple overflow without pain, and enlarged lymph nodes in the armpits. Breast cancer is more prone to lymph node metastasis, so breast cancer treatment must be detected as early as possible and treated as early as possible.
Early stage breast cancer patients should choose surgical resection as early as possible for radical treatment, with radiotherapy treatment, and some patients need endocrine treatment.