BREAST Flashcards
Can you do SLN in pregnant pt?
Yes just can only use radioactive sulfur colloid
Tx of pregnant pt 1st trimester with breast CA
Mastectomy + axillary staging
Adjuvant chemo 2nd trimester
+/- adjuvant XRT post partum
+/- adjuvant endocrine post partum
Tx of pregnant pt late 2nd trimester/early 3rd trimester with breast CA
Mastectomy OR BCT + axillary staging
OR
preoperative chemo, mastectomy or BCT + axillary staging
(+/- adjuvant RT post partum +/- adjuvant endocrine post partum)
Tx of pregnant pt late 3rd trimester with breast CA
Mastectomy + axillary staging
Adjuvant chemo
+/- adjuvant RT post partum +/- adjuvant endocrine post partum
Whcih chemo is contra indicated in pregnancy?
Herceptin
Coarse eggshell calcification on mammogram
fat necrosis
Tx of true gynecomastia
Direct surgical excision of glandular tissue + liposuction
Tx for malignant phyllodes
Excision with 1 cm margins
When is XRT indicated for malignant phyllodes
Close margins <1 cm
Fascial/chest wall involvement
Tumors > 5 cm
How much increased risk with atypical lobular hyperplasia?
4 fold
Stain to differentiate ALH from ADH
E-cadherin. ALH stains negative
Relative CI to BCT
Systemic scleroderma, lupus, severe cardiac dz (left sided tumors), inability to abduct arm on affected side, p53 mutation, severe pulm disease
NEoadjuvant chemo for inflammatory breast CA
anthracyclines (doxorubicin) + taxanes (paclitaxel)
Breast feeding pt - MCC mastitis?
S. aureus
What mutation in bladder, breast, and colorectal CA?
CHEK2. Serine/threonine kinase involved in DNA damage repair and apoptosis. Also increase in male breast CA.
BRCA1 protein function
Complexes with RNA polymerase in transcription
BRCA2 protein function
bind directly to DNA to repair damage
p53 assoc with
Li Fraumeni
breast brain lung and hematologic malignancies
sarcoma
adrenal cortical carcinoma
Tx for lymphangiosarcoma
Wide local excision 3-6 cm margins
Prognostic indicator in Stewart Treves
Tumor size (<5 cm is better)
Tumor cells with a high mitotic rate, large pleomorphic nuclei, lymphoplasmacytotic infiltrate
Medullary CA (subtype of invasive ductal)
Malignant epithelial cells confined by the basement membrane of the ductal-lobular interface
DCIS
Pale cytoplasm, prominent nucleoli in the epidermis
Paget disease
Whorled stromal cells, epitheliall ined clefts
phyllodes
Adenosis, microcysts, central sclerosis, distortion of surrounding architecture
Radial scar
MC site of mets in phyllodes tumors
Lungs (bones, brain)