BL (Abnormal findings) Flashcards
Resulting from edema, an orange peel appearance of the breast is associated with cancer.
PEAU D’ORANGE
Redness and flaking of the nipple
PAGET DISEASE IWTH INVASIVE INTRADUCTAL CARNOMA
Reddened, painful area on breast warm to palpation.
MASTITIS
Two types of Mastectomy
(A) Radical mastectomy
(B) Modified radical mastectomy.
These are irregular, firm, hard, not defined masses that may be fixed or mobile. They are not usually tender and usually occur after age 50.
CANCEROUS TUMORS
These lesions are lobular, ovoid, or round. They are firm, well defined, seldom tender, and usually singular and mobile. They occur more commonly between puberty and menopause.
FIBROADENOMAS
Also called fibrocystic breast disease, _____ is marked by round, elastic, defined, tender, and mobile cysts. The condition is most common from age 30 to menopause, after which it decreases.
BENIGN BREAST DISEASE
These masses generally are hard, immobile, and fixed to surrounding skin and soft tissue, with poorly defined or irregular margins.
Malignant masses
an additional instance of nipple
Supernumerary nipples