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Breast Flashcards

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  • Duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Galactocoele
  • Galactorrhoea
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Intraductal papilloma
  • Lactating adenoma
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Mastitis

Cystic dilatation of duct during lactation caused by obstruction

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Galactocoele

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  • Duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Galactocoele
  • Galactorrhoea
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Intraductal papilloma
  • Lactating adenoma
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Mastitis

Infection of the breast that occurs during lactation

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Mastitis

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  • Duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Galactocoele
  • Galactorrhoea
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Intraductal papilloma
  • Lactating adenoma
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Mastitis

Occurs in males with liver disease

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Gynaecomastia

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  • Duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Galactocoele
  • Galactorrhoea
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Intraductal papilloma
  • Lactating adenoma
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Mastitis

Occurs in the presence of a high prolactin

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Galactorrhoea

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  • Duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Galactocoele
  • Galactorrhoea
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Intraductal papilloma
  • Lactating adenoma
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Mastitis

The most common benign tumour of the female breast

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Fibroadenoma

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  • Acute mastitis
  • Invasive cancer
  • Breast abscess
  • Paget’s disease
  • Duct ectasia
  • Peau d’orange
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Phylloides tumour
  • Fat necrosis
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic disease
  • Intraductal papilloma

Histologically demonstrates proteinaceous material and inflammatory cells only.

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Duct ectasia

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  • Acute mastitis
  • Invasive cancer
  • Breast abscess
  • Paget’s disease
  • Duct ectasia
  • Peau d’orange
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Phylloides tumour
  • Fat necrosis
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic disease
  • Intraductal papilloma

A fibroepithelial tumour most common in >40-year-old women.

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Phylloides tumour

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  • Acute mastitis
  • Invasive cancer
  • Breast abscess
  • Paget’s disease
  • Duct ectasia
  • Peau d’orange
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Phylloides tumour
  • Fat necrosis
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic disease
  • Intraductal papilloma

The most common non-invasive breast neoplasm.

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Ductal carcinoma in situ

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  • Acute mastitis
  • Invasive cancer
  • Breast abscess
  • Paget’s disease
  • Duct ectasia
  • Peau d’orange
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Phylloides tumour
  • Fat necrosis
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic disease
  • Intraductal papilloma

Benign breast changes associated with hormonal changes and menstruation.

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Fibrocystic disease

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  • Acute mastitis
  • Invasive cancer
  • Breast abscess
  • Paget’s disease
  • Duct ectasia
  • Peau d’orange
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ
  • Phylloides tumour
  • Fat necrosis
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Fibrocystic disease
  • Intraductal papilloma

Common infection in lactating women, most commonly within 6 weeks post-partum.

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Acute mastitis

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  • Acute pyogenic mastitis
  • Lipoma
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Duct Ectasia
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Radial Scar
  • Fibrocystic Change
  • Intraductal Papilloma
  • Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

Usually a younger patient, presenting with a solid, well-defined lump. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) shows benign cells.

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Fibroadenoma

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  • Acute pyogenic mastitis
  • Lipoma
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Duct Ectasia
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Radial Scar
  • Fibrocystic Change
  • Intraductal Papilloma
  • Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

FNAC of this tender lump shows neutrophils and inflammatory debris but no malignant cells. The condition commonly occurs in patients a few weeks after giving birth

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Duct Ectasia

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  • Acute pyogenic mastitis
  • Lipoma
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Duct Ectasia
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Radial Scar
  • Fibrocystic Change
  • Intraductal Papilloma
  • Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

Mammography of this hard lump shows a stellate mass with microcalcification. As well as the primary lump, enlarged axillary lymph nodes are present in the patient.

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Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

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  • Acute pyogenic mastitis
  • Lipoma
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Duct Ectasia
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Radial Scar
  • Fibrocystic Change
  • Intraductal Papilloma
  • Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

Women with this condition present with a thick, creamy discharge with an underlying mass. Cytological examination of the fluid shows no epithelial cells, but macrophages and debris are present

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Acute pyogenic mastitis

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  • Acute pyogenic mastitis
  • Lipoma
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Duct Ectasia
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Radial Scar
  • Fibrocystic Change
  • Intraductal Papilloma
  • Invasive Ductal Carcinoma

Patients present with a firm, palpable mass. Histologically, the condition is characterised by long clefts with myxoid cellular stroma.

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Phyllodes Tumour

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  • Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
  • Mastitis
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Sclerosing adenosis
  • Invasive Papillary Carcinoma
  • Lipoma
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mammary Duct Ectasia

An acute inflammatory condition characterised commonly by the presence of Staphylococcus aureus in breastfeeding women.

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
  • Mastitis
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Sclerosing adenosis
  • Invasive Papillary Carcinoma
  • Lipoma
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mammary Duct Ectasia

A condition which may present as a painless, palpable mass, skin thickening or retraction, a mammographic density or mammographic calcifications. Most affected women have a history of breast trauma or surgery.

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Fat Necrosis

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  • Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
  • Mastitis
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Sclerosing adenosis
  • Invasive Papillary Carcinoma
  • Lipoma
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mammary Duct Ectasia

Histologically, the acini are compressed and distorted by dense stroma. The acini are arranged in a swirling pattern, and the outer border is well circumscribed.

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Sclerosing adenosis

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  • Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
  • Mastitis
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Sclerosing adenosis
  • Invasive Papillary Carcinoma
  • Lipoma
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mammary Duct Ectasia

An incidental biopsy finding, which is not associated with calcifications or stromal reactions and does not produce mammographic densities. It is more common in pre-menopausal women.

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Lobular Carcinoma in Situ

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  • Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia
  • Mastitis
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mucinous Carcinoma
  • Fat Necrosis
  • Phyllodes Tumour
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Sclerosing adenosis
  • Invasive Papillary Carcinoma
  • Lipoma
  • Lobular Carcinoma in Situ
  • Mammary Duct Ectasia

A radiographically well circumscribed mass which is grossly rubbery, white, mobile and clearly demarcated from the surrounding yellow adipose tissue. The epithelium of this mass is hormonally responsive and an increase in size may occur during pregnancy. In older women, the stroma typically becomes densely hyalinised and the epithelium atrophic.

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Fibroadenoma

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  • Duct papilloma
  • Lipoma
  • Mammary fistula
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Fat necrosis
  • Mastitis
  • Breast abscess
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Duct ectasia
  • Carcinoma of the breast

25 year old woman presents 2 weeks after the birth of her child with pain in her left breast. On examination, she has a large 5 cm diameter tender swelling adjacent to the nipple

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Breast abscess

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Duct papilloma
  • Lipoma
  • Mammary fistula
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Fat necrosis
  • Mastitis
  • Breast abscess
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Duct ectasia
  • Carcinoma of the breast

50 year old woman presents with discharge of thick, creamy fluid from her right nipple. On examination, there is a poorly defined sub-areolar mass. Cytology shows macrophages and debris while the ultrasound identified dilated sub-areolar ducts.

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Duct ectasia

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Duct papilloma
  • Lipoma
  • Mammary fistula
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Fat necrosis
  • Mastitis
  • Breast abscess
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Duct ectasia
  • Carcinoma of the breast

47 year old woman presents with 4 week history of blood stained discharge from her left nipple. Examination is unremarkable and no lumps are palpable

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Duct papilloma

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Duct papilloma
  • Lipoma
  • Mammary fistula
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Fat necrosis
  • Mastitis
  • Breast abscess
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Duct ectasia
  • Carcinoma of the breast

21 year old woman presents with a 2cm mobile lump. Ultrasound identifies a solid lump that is well defined. Cytology shows benign cells

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Fibroadenoma

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Choose the most appropriate answer from the list.

  • Duct papilloma
  • Lipoma
  • Mammary fistula
  • Fibrocystic change
  • Fat necrosis
  • Mastitis
  • Breast abscess
  • Mammary duct ectasia
  • Fibroadenoma
  • Duct ectasia
  • Carcinoma of the breast

36 year old woman presents with an ill-defined lump in the right breast. The lump enlarges and becomes tender in the second half of the menstrual cycle.

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Fibrocystic change

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