Breast Flashcards
Def = IDC w/ abundant extracellular mucin in women 70 yo
Mucinous carcinoma
Sx’s = well-circumscribed, mobile, marble-like mass that is E sensitive
Fibroadenoma
Def = DCIS extending up the ducts to involve the skin of the nipple –> nipple ulceration and erythema
Paget disease of the breast
Which type of BC presents multifocal and b/l
LCIS
BRCA1 mutations assc w/
Breast and Ovarian carcinoma
Which demographic is triple negative BC MC in
AA women
Def = inflammation of subareolar ducts causing mass w/ nipple retraction
Periductal mastitis
Def = IDC w/ dermal lymphatic involvement –> inflamed, swollen breast w/ no discrete mass
Inflammatory carcinoma
What is LCIS
Proliferation of cells in lobules w/ no invasion of BM
MC invasive type of breast carcinoma
Invasive ductal carcinoma
Def = IDC w/ large, high-grade cells growing in sheets w/ assc lymphocytes and plasma cells
Medullary carcinoma
Def = fibroadenoma-like tumor w/ overgrowth of fibrous component
Phyllodes tumor
Def = IDC w/ well-differentiated tubules that lack myoepithelial cell
Tubular carcinoma
Def = bacterial infection causing erythematous breast w/ purulent nipple discharge
Acute mastitis
Def = single-file growth that may exhibit signet-ring morphology
Invasive lobular carcinoma