A physical examination of the breasts. Your doctor may be able to feel the lump in the breast, or you may feel it yourself during a breast self-exam. A mammogram to obtain X-ray images of the breast and locate the tumor. On a mammogram, a phyllodes tumor appears as a large round or oval mass with well-defined edges.
Adult cat fleas are 1.5 to 3.2 millimeters long. Females are larger than males. Though small, fleas are big enough to see with the human eye. For comparison, a black pepper peppercorn has a diameter of 5 millimeters. Adult cat fleas typically measure 1.5 to 3.2 millimeters in length. The females are bigger than the males, with larger and heavier abdomens.
The flea life cycle has four stages: 1  Egg: An adult female flea can lay up to 40 eggs a day. 2  Larva: When the eggs hats, larvae emerge. 3  Pupa: Once in the cocoon, the larva begins its transformation into the adult flea.  Adult flea: A fully-developed flea only emerges from its cocoon when a host is available.