Linda,
I saw a mother once who was diagnosed with invasive ductal  carcinoma after 
repeated treatments for mastitis.  Her ultrasound and  2 needle biopsies did 
not show cancer definitively.  The ultrasound persons  report to the doctor said 
mastitis.  I was the one who had to keep after  the mother and doctor to get 
this mother to a breast surgeon for a more complete  biopsy as it was not 
acting like any mastitis I'd ever seen and the hard  area of the breast felt 
different to me than what I have seen with normal.   Your case sounds also highly 
suspicious of something more unusual and deserves  follow-up asap.  Way to 
follow your clinical instincts!
Natalie Shenk, BS, IBCLC



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