Breast Disease/Pathology Flashcards
Large duct lesions are often
benign/malignant
benign
Most common benign tumor in women
fibroadenoma
Most common change in the breasts of young women
fibrocystic changes
Most common cause of blood nipple discharge
intraductal papilloma
may infarct to cause blood nipple discharge
Invasive ductal carcinoma
invasion pattern
stellate configuration
often palpated as a rock hard mass
48% of women with invasive ductal carcinoma have this in their contralateral breast
DCIS
Which cancer puts both breasts at equal risk of carcinoma
lobular carcinoma
Coiled appearance on mammography
fibroadenoma
Paget of nipple
means what is hiding under the skin
a grade III (locally aggressive) ductal carcinoma
Inflammatory carcinoma of breast
pathology
invades into lymphatic and creates inflammation
also invades quickly via lymphatics
Lymph node drainage in breast
medial
lateral
medial: parasternal nodes
lateral: axillary nodes
Which breast cancer resembles and orange peel
inflammatory breast cancer
When does metastisis of breast cancer occur
whenever
can be late, even when no sign of the cancer is left
Mammography may pick up DCIS because it looks like
microcalcifications
Gold standard of diagnosis when mammography is abnormal
open Bx
