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Lump in Between Breast Implant and Chest Wall

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8 Years Saline post opDec 14, 2010

I'm not sure if my saline breast implants (under muscle) are related but after breastfeeding now for the past year, I've been having breast tenderness/soreness whenever i move my arms and my breast rubs on something inside. It feels like there is a lump in between my implants and chest wall. I can't feel a lump on my breast, just can feel it inside whenever i move a certain way, feels like my implants/tissue rubs against each other and "clicks". Any ideas? Went for an Ultrasound and nothing.

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