Benign Breast Conditions Flashcards
A 45 year old pre menopausal women presents to her GP as she has found 3 lumps in her breast. She says she sometimes gets sudden pain in them but in general they are not sore. On examination they are smooth discrete lumps. She is otherwise well and has no significant past medical history. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Fibrocystic change
What causes the fibrosis seen in fibrocystic change?
Older cysts that have previously ruptured.
A 45 year old pre menopausal women presents to her GP as she has found 3 lumps in her breast. She says she sometimes gets sudden pain in them but in general they are not sore. On examination they are smooth discrete lumps. She is otherwise well and has no significant past medical history. What should the GP do?
Most likely diagnosis is fibrocystic change but she should still be referred for triple assessment at the one stop breast clinic to exclude malignancy.
What breast pathology is being described here: “Circumscribed lesion composed of cell types normal to the breast but present in an abnormal proportion or distribution”
Hamartoma
A 20 year old student present to her GP after finding a lump in her left breast. It is painless. On examination the lump is firm and mobile. She is otherwise well. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Fibroadenoma
A 20 year old student present to her GP after finding a lump in her left breast. It is painless and mobile and on US looks solid.
Fibroadenoma
What two tissue types are found in a fibroadenoma?
Epithelium
Stroma
A women who was in a car accident last year presents with lumpiness in her breasts. On pathology there is infiltration by acute inflammatory cells and damage and disruption of adipocytes. What is the diagnosis?
Fat necrosis due to local trauma
A 25 year old women has just had surgery to remove a breast lump. On cutting up the lump the pathologist describes it as having a rubbery texture and being a grey colour. What is the most likely classification of this lump?
Fibroadenoma
What are the three aspects of the triple assessment?
- Clinical
- Imaging: Mammogram or US
- Pathology: Histopathology though use of a core biopsy
A 26 year old man presents to your clinic very distressed because he feels he is developing breasts. Describe the parts of the male breast that develop in gynaecomastia?
Ductal growth without lobular involvement.
When does fibrocystic change often resolve?
Around menopause
Describe the pathology of fibrocystic change
- Cysts (Blue domed with pale fluid, usually multiple)
- Fibrosis around these cysts
Does a hamartoma grow faster, slower or at the same rate as the surrounding breast tissue?
At the same rate
Describe the pathology of sclerosing adenosis
Proliferation of the terminal duct lobular units resulting in increased acini
A 40 year old women presents with pain, and lumpiness in her breasts. On pathology you see proliferation of terminal duct lobular units.
Sclerosing adenosis
This is histology report from a women presenting with breast pain: 7mm lesions with a sclerotic centre with radiating fibrosis containg distorted ductules. Epithelial proliferation.
Radial scar
How are radial scars usually treated?
Excised to reduce risk of malignant change
