breast

Question 1

are small bumps around your nipples

Answer 1

Montgomery tubercles

Question 2

___ associated with carcinoma,
may be first seen in the areola

Answer 2

Peau d’orange skin,

Question 3

Red, scaly, crusty areas are indicative of

Answer 3

Paget’s
disease.

Question 4

Vary the levels of pressure as you
palpate.

—mid-level tissue

Answer 4

Medium

Question 4

Vary the levels of pressure as you
palpate.

—superficial

Answer 4

Light

Question 4

Supernumerary nipples may appear along the
embryonic

Answer 4

“milk line.”

Question 4

Vary the levels of pressure as you
palpate.

—to the ribs

Answer 4

Firm

Question 4

o These are irregular, firm, hard, not defined masses
that may be fixed or mobile.
o They are not usually tender and usually occur after
age 50.

Answer 4

• Cancerous Tumors

Question 4

are usually 1- to 5-cm, round or
oval, mobile, firm, solid, elastic, nontender, single or
multiple benign masses found in one or both breasts.

Answer 4

Fibroadenomas

Question 5

a smooth, firm, movable disc of glandular
tissue, may be seen in one breast in males
during puberty for a temporary time.

Answer 5

Gynecomastia

Question 5

o Resulting from edema, an orange peel appearance
of the breast is associated with cancer.

Answer 5

Peau D’Orange

Question 5

Redness, mild scaling, and flaking of the nipple may
be seen early in____ of the nipple and
then disappear.

Answer 5

Paget’s disease

Question 5

o These lesions are lobular, ovoid, or round.
o They are firm, well defined, seldom tender, and
usually singular and mobile.
o They occur more commonly between puberty and
menopause.

Answer 5

• Fibroadenomas

Question 5

o The condition is most common from age 30 to
menopause, after which it decreases.

Answer 5

Benign Breast Disease