Breast Flashcards
Painless mass with history of breast trauma. Ill defined firm gray-white nodules containing chalky white foci or sark hemorrhage debris
Fat necrosis
Most common breast mass in women younger than 35yo.
(+) Popcorn calcifications
Fibroadenoma
Bulky tumor derived from stromal cells
Leaf-like extensions
Phylloides tumor
Most common cancer in women
Breast cancer; [Invasive ductal carcinoma (70%)]
2nd most common cancer producing death in women
Breast Cancer
Unilateral erythematous eruption with a scale
Paget disease of the nipple (DCIS)
Most common type of breast cancer
Invasive ductal carcinoma (70%)
Most common location of invasive ductal carcinoma
Upper outer quadrant (50%)
Breas Ca lacking cell adhesion protein E-cadherin
Lobular carcinoma in situ
Most common cause of bilateral breast cancer
Invasive lobular carcinoma
Fleshy mass. Syncitium-like sheets of large cells with vesicular pleomorphic nuclei and prominent nucleoili
good prognosis
Medullary carcinoma breast
Soft-rubbery breast mass. Pale gray-blue gelatin
Mucinous carcinoma, breast
Breast Ca with worst prognosis
+) swelling and skin thickening (p’eau de orange
Inflammatory Breast Ca
Most common cause of bloody nipple discharge in women younger than 50
Intraductal papilloma
Breast Ca with high degree of aneuploidy
Persistent E-cadherin expression
Inflammatory Breast Ca
