What is Mastalgia?

HOCAOĞLU Ç.

JOURNAL OF BREAST HEALTH, vol.3, no.2, pp.49-52, 2007 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 3 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BREAST HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.49-52
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Mastalgia is one of the leading problems for women seeking medical help but still remains somewhat unrecognised. Psychological factors and personality traits of the patients, whose organic pathologic semptom about their mastalgia has been ruled out, have to be evaluated carefully. In this review, it has been aimed to demonstrate psychological factors contributing to mastalgia unrelated to organic causes, female patients suffering from mastalgia in relation to depression, anxiety, alexithymia and their general level psychological symptoms.