Breast Flashcards
US –> first line eval for breast abnormality –> who? (3)
- <30yo
- pregnant
- lactating
MRI –> breast screen –> who?
high risk pt (>20% lifetime risk of breast CA)
MRI breast –> indications? (6)
- screen in high risk pt
- breast CA –> new dx –> eval extent of dz
- eval neoadjuvant ctx response
- positive surgical margins –> assess residual dz
- eval tumor recurrence
- axillary mets –> eval occult breast CA
invasive ductal breast CA –> stepwise progression?
1) flat epithelial atypia
2) atypical ductal hyperplasia
3) ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
4) invasive ductal carcinoma
flat epithelial atypia (FEA) & atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH) –> obligatory or non-obligatory precursor lesion for breast CA?
non-obligatory –> inc risk
breast CA –> RF? (7) which are most important RF?
- # 1 F
- # 1 age
- BRCA1/2
- 1st deg relative
- chest radiation
- long-term estrogen exposure (early menarche, late menopause, late first preg, nullipartiy, obesity)
- bx high risk lobular lesion (ie atypical lobular hyperplasia, lobular CA in situ)
breast CA –> MC type?
invasive ductal CA (IDC) not otherwise specified
breast CA –> invasive ductal CA (IDC) –> MC clinical presentation?
palpable mass
breast CA –> invasive ductal CA (IDC) –> classic mammo appearance?
- spiculated mass
- architectural distortion
- pleomorphic calcs
ductal breast CA –> subtypes? (5)
- invasive ductal, not otherwise specified
- tubular
- mucinous (colloid/mucoid/gelatinous)
- medullary
- papillary
invasive ductal CA vs other ductal breast CA –> better prognosis –> T/F?
F –> other ductal breast CA have better prognosis than invasive ductal
breast CA –> tubular CA –> mammo appearance?
small spiculated mass
breast CA –> mucinous (colloid/mucoid/gelatinous) CA –> US appearance? T2 MRI?
- US: low density circumscribed mass –> mimic fibroadenoma
- T2 –> hyper
breast CA –> medullary CA –> epidemiology?
young F –> BRCA1
breast CA: invasive lobular CA –> mammo appearance?
architectural distortion –> “dark star”
breast CA: what is inflamm CA?
tumor invasion of dermal lymphatics
breast CA: inflamm CA –> clinical presentation?
breast:
- erythema
- edema
- firm
breast CA: inflamm CA –> mammo appearance?
- breast –> lrg, dense
- trabecula thick
- skin thick
what is Paget dz of nipple?
form of DCIS –> infiltrate nipple epidermis
Paget dz of nipple –> clinical appearance?
nipple:
- erythema
- ulcer
- eczematoid changes
breast CA –> prognosis –> most important factor?
axillary LN status
breast CA –> axillary LN involvemt –> how to detect?
sentinel LN bx
breast CA –> surgical axillary LN dissection –> indication? (2)
sentinel LN:
- positive
- not ID
estrogen receptor (ER) & progesterone receptor (HR) –> positive –> longer disease free survival –> T/F?
T
ER, PR, HER2/neu negative –> triple neg CA –> poor prognosis –> MC epidemiology?
BRCA1
triple neg CA –> MC mammo appearance? MC location?
breast –> posterior –> round –> smooth margin –> no calcs
DCIS –> prognosis –> key factor?
presence of necrosis
DCIS –> which subtype gets sentinel LN bx?
DCIS w necrosis –> high grade
high grade DCIS –> MC mammo appearance?
calcs:
- pleomorphic
- fine linear branching
breast –> fibrocystic change –> epidemiology? clinical presentation?
pre-menopause:
- cyclic breast pain
- sometimes –> palpable lump
breast –> fibrocystic change –> imaging dx –> T/F?
F
sclerosing adenosis –> mammo appearance?
microcalcs –> can mimic DCIS
mastitis –> MC org?
Staph aureus
mastitis –> 2 MC epidemiology?
- nursing
- diabetes
mastitis –> clinical presentation?
breast:
- pain
- induration
- erythema
mastitis –> imaging (mammo/US) appearance?
- skin thicken –> focal/diffuse
- edema
- adenopathy
breast abscess –> MC location?
subareolar
breast abscess –> mammo appearance?
irreg mass –> mimic carcinoma
breast abscess –> tx?
- US-guide aspiration
- abx
what is granulomatous mastitis? epidemiology?
young F –> after childbirth –> rare idiopathic –> breast inflamm –> noninfx
granulomatous mastitis –> assoc RF? (2)
- breastfeed
- OCP
granulomatous mastitis –> mammo/US finding? –> next step? why?
mimic breast CA –> bx
periductal mastitis (plasma cell mastitis) –> epidemiology?
post-menopause
periductal mastitis (plasma cell mastitis) –> MOA? classic mammo appearance?
intraductal lipids –> irritating –> large rod-like calcs
diabetic mastopathy –> MOA?
long term diabetes –> chronic hyperglycemia –> autoimmune rxn to matrix proteins –> firm mass –> can be painful
diabetic mastopathy –> mammo appearance? calcs?
- ill-defined asymm density
- no microcalcs
diabetic mastopathy –> US appearance? next step?
- hypoechoic mass
- regional acoustic shadow
–> mimic scirrhous breast CA –> bx
what is Mondor thrombophlebitis?
breast –> superficial V –> thrombophlebitis
Mondor thrombophlebitis –> MC vein?
thoracoepigastric V
Mondor thrombophlebitis –> clinical presentation?
- superficial mass –> cordlike/elongated
- pain/tender
Mondor thrombophlebitis –> US appearance?
dilated tubular struct –> “bead-like” –> no color flow
cleavage view –> purpose?
image medial breast tissue of both breasts
what is exaggerated CC (XCC) view?
pull lat/med tissue into image detector
what is online screening?
screen mammo –> pt wait for final read
online vs offline screen –> cons? (2)
online:
- more imaging
- more false pos
- same cancer detection rate
image quality –> how determine if CC and MLO view have imaged adequate tissue?
posterior nipple line –> w/in 1 cm
image quality –> nipple?
nipple should be in profile in at least 1 view
mammo signs of malig? (4)
- mass
- calc
- architectural distortion
- asymm
BI-RADS categories?
- 0: need additional imaging
- 1: neg
- 2: benign
- 3: prob benign
- 4: suspicious
- 5: highly sugg malig
- 6: known bx-proven malig
BI-RADS 3 –> next step?
short interval fu –> usu 6mo
screen mammo –> BI-RADS 3 –> T/F?
F
can only be categorized 3 after dx mammo
BI-RADS 3 –> %malig?
<2%
BI-RADS 4 –> %malig?
2-95%
BI-RADS 4 –> next step?
bx or aspiration
breast abscess –> BIRADS?
4
BI-RADS 5 –> % malig?
> 95%
BI-RADS 5 –> next step?
- bx
- surg
fibroglandular density –> categories? (4)
- almost entirely fatty
- scattered
- heterogeneous
- extremely dense
almost entirely fatty vs extremely dense fibroglandular tissue –> which has inc risk of breast CA?
extremely dense fibroglandular –> 5x more risk –> than almost entirely fatty
inc fibroglandular density –> bilat –> ddx? (2)
benign:
- hormone
- edema
inc fibroglandular density –> unilat –> ddx? (1)
malig –> lymph obstruct
skin thickening –> benign cause? (3)
- radiation
- acute mastitis
- fluid overload (CHF, renal fail, liver fail)
what is “mass”?
2 projections –> space occupying lesion –> convex borders
asymm –> seen on how many views?
1
mass –> margins? (5)
- circumscribed
- microlobulated
- obscured
- indistinct
- spiculated
margin –> circumscribed –> % margin that must be well-defined?
75%
mass –> densities? (4)
- radiolucent (fat)
- low density
- equal density
- high density
mammo: mass –> shape? (3)
- round
- oval
- irreg
mammo vs US –> preferred terminology for location?
- mammo: quadrants
- US: clockface
mammo –> quadrants? (4)
- upper outer
- upper inner
- lower outer
- lower inner
assoc features? (7)
- architectural distortion
- microcalc
- skin retraction
- nipple retraction
- skin thick
- trabecular thick
- axillary LN
what is architectural distortion? concerning for CA?
radiating linear densities –> no definite mass
highly concerning for CA
skin retraction –> ddx? (2)
- postsurg
- desmoplastic tumor rxn
calcs –> indeterminate or susp for malig –> require what view?
spot compression –> mag
skin calcs –> mammo appearance?
MC medial location:
- punctate
- lucent center
calcs –> how to determine if skin calcs?
tangential view
popcorn calc –> dx?
involuting fibroadenoma
large rod-like calc –> dx?
plasma cell mastitis (duct ectasia)
milk of calcium –> etiology
fibrocystic change
milk of calcium calc –> mammo appearance?
- CC view: fuzzy round amorphous
- lat: semilunar/crescent shape
what is suture calc?
suture material –> calcium (usu after radiation)
dystrophic calc –> etiology? (4)
sequela:
- surg
- bx
- trauma
- rad
punctate calc –> shape? size (mm)?
round –> <0.5mm
lucent-center calc –> size?
<1mm - >1cm
eggshell (rim) calc –> ddx? (2)
- fat necrosis
- cyst –> calc wall
benign calcs (BI-RADS 2)? (11)
- skin
- vascular
- suture
- popcorn
- lrg rod-like
- milk of Ca
- dystrophic
- round
- punctate
- lucent-center
- eggshell (rim)
interm concern calcs (BI-RADS 4)? (2)
- amorphous/indistinct
- coarse heterogeneous
amorphous calc –> appearance?
too small or hazy to ascertain morphology
amorphous calc –> diffuse vs focal –> benign vs suspicious?
- diffuse –> benign
- focal –> susp
coarse heterogeneous calc –> appearance?
- irreg
- >0.5mm but smaller than dystrophic calc
higher prob of malig (BI-RADS 4-5) –> calcs? (2)
- fine pleomorphic
- fine linear (branching)
fine pleomorphic calc –> appearance?
vary in shape & size –> “dot-dash” appearance
fine pleomorphic calc –> ddx? (2)
- DCIS
- invasive ductal CA
calc –> distribution? (5) which are usu benign? more suspicious?
usu benign:
- diffuse/scattered
- regional
more suspicious:
- linear
- grped/cluster
- segmental
calc –> what is regional distribution?
lrg vol (>2cc) breast tissue –> not conform to ductal distribution
calc –> grped/cluster –> definition?
at least 5 calc in <1cc of breast tissue
what is rolled view? purpose?
CC view –> roll top breast med (RCCM) or lat (RCCL) –> localize lesion seen only on CC –> lesion mv med on RCCM –> in sup breast
what is reduced compression view? purpose?
reduced compression –> image far post lesions that slip out when full compression applied
true lat view –> when LM preferred over ML?
medial lesion –> LM –> lesion closer to detector
MLO –> lesion –> superior on lat view –> lesion is located med or lat?
med (Medial: Muffins rise)
MLO –> lesion –> inf on lat view –> lesion is located med or lat?
lat (Lat: Lead sinks)
punctate or round calc –> grp/cluster –> BI-RADS?
3
amorphous calc –> cluster –> next step?
indeterminate –> bx
what is focal asymm?
nonpalpable non-mass lesion –> seen on 2 projections
focal asymm –> US –> no correlate –> BI-RADS?
3
what is developing asymm? benign or suspicious?
focal asymm –> inc in size
suspicious
epidermal inclusion cyst –> US appearance?
circumscribed –> variable internal echotexture –> anechoic to heterogeneous
breast lesion –> dermis + hypodermis –> findings that dermal origin? (2)
- claw of dermal tissue –> wrap around lesion
- lesion –> tract to epidermal surface
what is mammary zone? contains what tissue/structures?
zone bw subcutaneous & retromammary:
- ducts/TDLU
- fat
- fibrous tissue
- Cooper’s lig
ultrasound: mass –> shape? (3)
- round
- oval
- irreg
ultrasound: mass –> orientation? (2)
- parallel
- non-parallel
ultrasound: mass –> margin? (5)
- circumscribed
- indistinct
- angular
- microlobulated
- spiculated
ultrasound: mass –> what is lesion boundaries? 2 types?
transition bw mass & surrounding tissue:
- abrupt interface
- echogenic halo
ultrasound: mass –> echogenic halo –> ddx? (2)
- CA
- abscess
ultrasound: mass –> posterior acoustic features? (4)
- no post acoustic feature
- enhancemt
- shadowing
- combined pattern
ultrasound: mass –> posterior acoustic shadowing –> ddx? (1)
fibrosis:
- neoplastic desmoplastic rxn
- surg scar
ultrasound: mass –> internal echo pattern? (5)
- anechoic
- hypoechoic
- isoechoic
- hyperechoic
- complex
benign mass –> ultrasound features? (5)
- internal echo pattern
- margin
- orientation
- shape
- marked hyperechoic
- circumscribed –> thin echogenic pseudocapsule
- parallel
- oval/few gentle macrolobulation
malig mass –> ultrasound features? (7) which 2 are most specific for malig?
- # 1 spiculated
- # 2 non-parallel
- angular, microlobulated
- post shadow
- marked hypoechoic
- assoc calcs
- wide zone of transition
lipoma vs oil cyst –> margin?
- lipoma –> no peripheral cacl
- oil cyst –> peripheral calc
lipoma –> should be eval by US prior to dx –> T/F?
F
can be dx w mammo alone
oil cyst –> MOA?
trauma or surg –> fat necrosis
what is hamartoma (fibroadenolipoma)?
benign mass –> fat & glandular tissue
hamartoma (fibroadenolipoma) –> classic mammo appearance?
breast w/in breast –> displace normal breast tissue
hamartoma (fibroadenolipoma) –> should be eval by US prior to dx –> T/F?
F
mammo almost always diagnostic
what is galactocele?
lactating –> cystic collection of milk –> palpable mass
galactocele –> mammo appearance?
- circumscribed
- macrolobulated
- mixed high density + fat
- true lat view –> fat-fluid level
intramammary LN –> MC location?
lat –> upper outer quad –> adj to vessel
medial breast –> lesion that look like intramammary LN –> benign or suspicious?
suspicious
fibroadenoma –> mammo XR –> density?
equal density
fibroadenoma –> US –> density?
- hypoechoic
- central hyperechoic band
fibroadenoma –> BI-RADS?
3
fibroadenoma –> variants? (3)
- complex
- juvenile
- giant
complex fibroadenoma –> characteristics? (2)
- prolif elements & internal cysts
- inc risk of breast CA
juvenile fibroadenoma –> characteristics? (2)
- adol
- very rapid growth
giant fibroadenoma –> characteristic? (1)
> 8cm
fibroadenoma –> ddx? (1)
phyllodes tumor
what is intraductal papilloma? epidemiology?
30-50yo –> benign tumor of lactiferous ducts
intraductal papilloma –> clinical presentation?
nipple discharge:
- bloody
- serous
- serosanguinous
bloody nipple discharge –> ddx? (2)
- intraductal papilloma
- DCIS
intraductal papilloma –> mammo XR –> shape? margin? MC location?
- round/oval
- circumscribed/irreg
- subareolar
intraductal papilloma –> galactography appearance?
intraductal filling defect
intraductal papilloma –> US –> appearance? solid/cyst? shape?
- solid
- round/oval
- mass in fluid-filled duct
intraductal papilloma –> dx by mammo/US alone –> T/F?
F –> dx by bx
bx –> intraductal papilloma –> next step? why?
surg excise
papillary CA may appear same
what is pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH)?
hormone –> stromal & epithelial prolif
pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) –> mammo appearance?
mass:
- circumscribed
- oval/irreg
pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia (PASH) –> US appearance?
mass:
- hypoechoic/mixed echogenicity
- oval/irreg