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Describe the common developmental abnormalities of the breast Define acute mastitis and list the common causes Describe fibrocystic changes (including important clinical associations) Describe the clinicopathologic features of intraductal papilloma, fibroadenoma, and phyllodes tumor List the risk factors for breast cancer development Describe ductal carcinoma in situ Describe and be able to identify mammary Paget's disease and inflammatory carcinoma Compare and contrast the 2 subtypes of

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causes of acute mastitis

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cracks in skin or stasis in milk may allow direct or retrograde ductal spread of bacteria

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most common cause of bloody nipple discharge

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intraductal papilloma

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most common tumor in adolescent and young adults

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fibroadenoma

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main risk factor for breast cancer

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age, 1st degree FMX, estrogen exposure, radiation, obestity

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worst BRCA mutation

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BRCA1

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US lifetime risk of breast cancer

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11%

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syndromes that can lead to risk of breast cancer

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li-fraumeni, cowden (PTEN)

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comedo type necrosis

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grade III carcinoma in situ

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100% of pts with this will have DCIS

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paget’s disease of the nipple

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35-50% of pts with this will have invasive carcinoma

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paget’s dx of the nipple

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signs of invasive breast cancer

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lump
firm, non-movable lump
diffuse thickening in breast texture
eczema like changes

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small uniform round of oval nuclei in single file pattern infiltrating the stroma

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onvasive lobular carcinoma

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orange peel skin

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inflammatory carcinoma

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staging with direct extention to chest wall

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T4

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staging of ANY distant mets

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M1

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met to any internal mammary node

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N3

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importance of congenital inversion of the nipple

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similar changes can be produced by underlining cancer

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arises from cystic dilation of an obstructed duct

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galactocele

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benign cyst formation and fibrosis of the breast

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fibrocystic changes

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brown to blue cysts filled with watery fluid

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fibrocystic changes

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duct lumen filled with heterogeneous population of cells of difereing morphology with fenestrations

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epithelial hyperplasia

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benign processes at higher risk for invasive breast carcinoma

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atypical ductal and lobar hyperplasia

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proliferation of lumial spaces lined with epithelial cells and myepithelial cells yielding masses of small glands within a fibrois stroma

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sclerosing adenosis

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swirling pattern of cells with a well-circumscribed border

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sclerosing adenosis

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benign processes with small risk of breast carcinoma

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fibrosis, cystic changes, apocrine metaplasia

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carcinoma risk of sclerosing adenosis

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slightly higher

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bugs causing acute mastitis

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Staph A, S pyogenes

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inflamatory breast lesion sometimes preceded by trauma

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fat necrosis

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prominent lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate and occasiional granulomas in the periductal stroma

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mammary duct ectasia

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solitary discrete mobile mass

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fibroademoma

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rubbery well-circumcribed mass

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fibroadenoma

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leaf-like epithelium projections in beign tumors

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phyllodes tumor

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serous or bloody nipple discharge with a small subareolar tumor in a premenopausal woman

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intraductal papilloma

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< 1 cm tumor with delicate branching growths within a dilated duct with double layered epithelium

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intraductal papilloma

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histological way to differentiate intraductal papilloma from carcinoma

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precense of double layered epithelium

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most common genetic breast cancer mutation

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genetic marker in breast cancer associated with poor outcomes

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4 types of breast cancer molecular subtypes

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HER2/NUE + estrogen receptor +
HER2/NUE + estrogen receptor -
HER2/NUE - estrogen receptor +
HER2/NUE - estrogen receptor -

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common non-breast primary cancer in women with breast cancer

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most common location of breast cancer

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upper outer quadrant

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calcifications are frequently associated with

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two types noninvasive breast cancer

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ductal/lobular cancer in situ

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DCIS prognosis

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extention of DCIS into the nipple

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paget’s disease of the nipple

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bland round nuclei occuring in loosely cohesive clusters within lobules

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in situ carinoma with the highest risk of invasive disease

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marker of increased risk of invasive cancer of either breast

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replaces normal breast fat with tumor cells and forms a hard palpaple mass

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invasive ductal carcinoma

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single-file chains of tumor cells invading into the stroma

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invasive lobular carcinoma

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met to CSF, serosal surfaces, GI, ovary, uterus and bone marrow

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invasive lobular carcinoma

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usually hormone +/ HER2/NEU -

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invasive lobular carcinoma,

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enlarged, swolled, warm breast usually without palpable mass

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inflammatory carcinoma

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reason imflammatory carcinoma looks that was

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invades dermal lymphatic spaces

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can often be mistaken for fibroadenomas

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medullary carcinomas

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“triple-negative” breast cancer

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medullary carcinomas

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first outward sign of breast malinancy

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retraction or dimpling of the nipple

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sign of involvement of the breast lymphatics

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peau d/orange

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outer quadrants and centrally located cancers spread to

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axillary nodes

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inner quadrants cancers spread to

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nodes along internal mammilary arteries

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most common mets in breast cancer

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lungs, bones, liver, adrenals

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better progress cancer types

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tubular, medullary, mucinous

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worst type of breast cancer

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inflammatory

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frequent cause of angiosarcoma

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previous breast radiation therapy

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expression of estrogen and progesterone is (good/bad)

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expression of HER2/NEU is (good/bad)

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drug thats use is based on HER2/NEU profile

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trastuzumab

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most important cause of hyperestrtinism in males

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liver cirrhosis

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