Breast Flashcards
Hormone responsible for duct development
Estrogen
Hormone responsible for lobular development
Progesterone
Hormone responsible for breast swelling, growth of glandular tissue
Estrogen
Hormone responsible for increased maturation of glandular tissue, withdrawal causes menses
Progesterone
Hormones to cause ovum release
FSH, LH surge
Winged scapula, innervates serratus anterior
Long thoracic nerve
Weak adduction, innervates latissimus dorsi
Thoracodorsal nerve
Innervates pectoralis major and pectoralis minor
medial pectoral nerve
Innervates pectoralis major only
lateral pectoral nerve
Most commonly injured nerve w/ ALND and modified radical mastectomy
Intercostobrachial nerve (numbness in medial arm/axilla)
Blood supply to breast is from (4)
internal thoracic a
intercostal a
thoracoacromial a
lateral thoracic a
Valveless vein plexus that allows direct hematogenous metastasis of breast cancer to spine
Batson’s plexus
Primary axillary adenopathy
1 in lymphoma
What node status is + supraclavicular nodes
N3 disease
Most common bug in breast abscess
s. aureus
Noncyclical mastodynia, erythema of breast, creamy discharge from nipple
Periductal mastitis
Poland Syndrome
Hypoplasia of chest wall
Amastia
Hypoplastic sholder
No pectoralis muscle
Treatment of mastodynia
Danazol OCP NSAIDs Evening primrose oil Bromocriptine
Mondor’s disease
Superficial vein thrombophlebitis of breast
Feels cordlike
Tx w/ NSAIDs
Which types of fibrocystic disease have to be resected due to cancer risk (2)
Atypical ductal
Lobular hyperplasia
**Does NOT need negative margins