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.
Fleas have four main stages in their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The total flea life cycle can range from a couple weeks to several months, depending on environmental conditions. The adult flea is very flat side to side.