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What is the main hormone needed for duct development?

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Estrogen

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What is the main hormone needed for duct development?

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Progesterone

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What are the functions of estrogen in the breast?

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increase breast swelling, GROWTH of glandular tissue

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What are the functions of progesterone in the breast?

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increase MATURATION of glandular tissue; withdrawal causes menses

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What is the function of the long thoracic nerve? What happens when it is injured?

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Innervates serratus anterior; injury results in winged scapula

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What is the function of the thoracodorsal nerve? What happens when it is injured?

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Innervates latissimus dorsi; injury results in weak arm pullups and adduction

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What is the function of the medial pectoral nerve?

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Innervates pectoralis major only

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What is the function of the lateral pectoral nerve?

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Innervates pectoralis major only

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What is the function of the intercostobrachial nerve?

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Lateral cutaneous branch of the 2nd intercostal nerve; provides sensation to medial arm and axilla

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What is the Batson’s plexus?

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Valveless vein plexus that allows direct hematogenous metastasis of breast to spine

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Where goes the lymphatic drainage of the breast?

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97% to the axillary nodes

1-2% to the internal mammary nodes

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What is the MCC of primary axillary adenopathy?

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1 lymphoma

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What are the Cooper’s ligaments?

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Suspensory ligaments, dive the breast into segments

Breast CA involving these strands can dimple the skin

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What is the MCC and bacteria in breast abscess?

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MCC - breastfeeding

MC bacteria - S. Aureus

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Mention some causes of gynecomastia.

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Cimetidine, spironolactone, marijuana; idiopathic in most

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What is the cause of neonatal breast enlargement?

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Due to circulating maternal estrogens; will regress

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What is the MC breast anomaly?

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Accessory nipples which can be found from axilla to groin

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What is the Poland’s syndrome?

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Hypoplasia of chest wall, amastia, hypoplastic shoulder, no pectoralis muscle

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What is Mondor’s Disease? What is the treatment?

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Superficial vein thrombophlebitis of breast. Associated with trauma and strenous exercise. Usually occurs in lower outer quadrant.
Tx - NSAIDs

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What are the usual symptoms of fibrocystic disease?

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Breast pain, nipple discharge (yellow to brown), masses, lumpy breast tissue that varies with hormonal cycle

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When fibrocystic disease has cancer risk?

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Only cancer risk is in atypical ductal or lobular hyperplasia.

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What is the MCC of bloody discharge from nipple?

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Intraductal papilloma

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What is the study of choice to fing the papilloma?

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Contrast ductogram

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What is the MC breast lesion in adolescents? How it is described?

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Fibroadenoma - painless, slow-growing, well circumscribed, firm and rubbery

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What are some mammogram findings for a fibroadenoma?
Can have large, coarse calcifications (popcorn lesions) on mammography from degeneration
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What is the treatment for a fibroadenoma in women 30yrs?
Women < 30 yrs - benign on physical exam, US or mammogram, FNA showing the lesion Women > 30 yrs - excisional biopsy
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Is nipple discharge likely benign? What color is associated with each lesion?
Most nipple discharge is benign. Green - fibrocystic disease -> reassure patient Bloody - intraductal papilloma, occassionally ductal CA --> need galactogram and excision of that ductal area Serous - worrisome for cancer --> excisional biopsy
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What is the usual mammogram finding and risk of CA in diffuse papillomatosis?
Mammogram - swiss cheese appereance | 40% get breast CA
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What is DCIS? What is the risk of CA? What is the treatment?
DCIS - Ductal carcinoma in situ - malignant cells of the ductal epithelium without invasion of the basement membrane Considered a premalignant lesion. 50-60% get cancer if not resected (ipsilateral breast); 5-10% in contralateral breast Dx - mammogram with cluster of calcifications Tx - lumpectomy and XRT; possibly tamoxifen - NEED negative margins but no ALND
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What is the most aggressive subtype of DCIS?
Comedo type - has necrotic areas, high risk for multicentricity, microinvasion, and recurrence Tx - simple mastectomy
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What is LCIS? What is the risk of CA? What is the treatment?
LCIS - Lobular carcinoma in situ NOT premalignant lesion. 40% get cancer EITHER breast Tx - nothing, tamoxifen or BL SQ mastectomy (no ALND) - DO NOT need negative margins
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What is the breast CA risk?
1 in 8 women (12%)
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What is the symptomatic breast mass workup?
Ultrasound --> if solid, FNA; excisional bx if FNA nondiagnostic 30-50 yrs --> BL mammograms and FNA; excisional bx if FNA nondiagnostic > 50yrs --> BL mammogram and excisional or core needle bx
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What is the minimum size for a breast mass to be detected by mammogram?
5mm
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What is the current recommendation for screening mmmograms?
Every 2-3 yrs after age 40, yearly after age 50 | High-risk - mammogram 10 yrs before the youngest age of diagnosis of breast CA in first-degree relative
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What is the BI-RADS classification?
1 - Negative - Routine screening 2 - Benign finding - Routine screening 3 - Probably benign finding - Short interval follow up 4 - Suspicious abnormality consider biopsy - Definite probability of malignancy 5 - Highly suggestive of malignancy - High probability of cancer; appropiate action should be taken.
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What are the 3 node levels in the breast?
Level 1 - Lateral to pectoralis minor muscle Level 2 - Beneath pectoralis minor muscle Level 3 - Medial to pectoralis minor muscle Rotter's nodes - between pectoralis major and minor muscles
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What is the most important prognostic staging factor in breast cancer?
Lymph node status
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What is the MC distant metastasis in breast CA?
Bone
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What is the TNM staging system for breast CA?
T1: 5cm, T4: skin or chest wall involvement, peau d'orange, inflammatory cancer N1: ipsilateral axillary nodes, N2: fixed ipsilateral axillary nodes, N3: ipsilateral internal mammary nodes M1: distant metastasis (includes supraclavicular nodes)
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Which BRCA mutation has higher risk of male breast cancer and ovarian cancer?
Male breast CA - BRCA2 5-10% | Ovarian CA - BRCA1 30-45% - consider TAH and BSO
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What breast cancers have better overall prognosis?
Receptor positive tumors - ER +, PR + | PR + > ER+
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How common is ductal breast cancer and what is the treatment?
85% of all breast cancer | Tx - MRM or lumpectomy with ALND (or SLNB); postop XRT
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How common is lobular breast cancer and what is the treatment?
10% of all breast CAs Signet-ring cells confer worse prognosis Tx - MRM or lumpectomy with ALND (or SLNB); postop XRT
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What the pathology of the peau d'orange?
Dermal lymphatic invasion
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What are the ABSOLUTE contraindications to breast conserving therapy?
2 or more primary tumors in separate quadrants Persistent + margins after reasonable attempts Pregnancy - cannot receive radiation Hx of prior therapeutic irradiation - due to high dose of radiation Diffuse malignant-appearing microcalcifications
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What are the RELATIVE contraindications to breast conserving therapy?
Hx of scleroderma or active SLE Extensive gross, multifocal disease in same quadrant Large tumor in a small breast Very large or pendulous breast
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When is a SLNB indicated?
Indicated only for malignant tumors >1cm
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During a SLNB, if no radiotracer or dye is found, what is the next step?
Formal ALND
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What are some contraindications for SLNB?
Pregnancy, multicentric disease, neoadjuvant, clinically positive nodes, prior axillary surgery, inflammatory or locally advanced disease
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What is a modified radical mastectomy?
Removes all breast tissue including the nipple aereolar complex, includes axillary node dissection (Level 1)
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What are the indications for radiation after mastectomy?
``` > 4 nodes Skin or chest wall involvement Positive margins Tumor > 5cm (T3) Extracapsular nodal invasion Inflammatory CA Fixed axillary nodes (N2) or internal mammary nodes (N3) ```
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Who gets chemotherapy?
Positive nodes - everyone gets chemo except postmenopausal women with positive estrogen receptors --> tamoxifen >1cm and negative nodes - everyone get chemo except pts with positive ER --> tamoxifen <1cm and negative nodes - no further treatment
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What are the side effects of tamoxifen?
1% risk of DVTs; 0.1% risk of endometrial cancer
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What is Paget's disease of the breast?
Scaly skin lesion on nipple; biopsy shows Paget's cells Pts have DCIS or ductal CA in breast Tx - need MRM if cancer present; otherwise simple mastectomy
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What is Cystosarcoma phyllodes? What is the treatment?
10% malignant; no nodal metastases Resembles giant fibroadenoma; has stromal and epithelial elements Tx - WLE with negative margins; no ALND
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What is Stewart-Treves syndrome?
Lymphangiosarcoma from chronic lymphedema following axillary dissection (MRM)

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