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Breast Pathology/Benign Breast Conditions Flashcards

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Assessment of patient with breast disease?

A

Triple assessment

  • Clinical
  • Imaging
  • Pathology (cytopathology, histopathology)
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Breast cytopathology?

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(Rarely undertaken these days)

  • Fine needle aspiration
  • Fluid
  • Nipple discharge
  • Nipple scrape
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Grades of breast FNA cytology?

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C1: Unsatisfactory 
C2: Benign 
C3: Atypia, probably benign 
C4: Suspicious of malignancy 
C5: Malignant
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Grading of needle core biopsy?

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B1: Unsatisfactory/normal 
B2: Benign 
B3: Atypia, probably benign 
B4: Sus of malignancy 
B5: Malignant
   a= Carcinoma in situ 
   b= Invasive carcinoma
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5
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What is WLE?

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Wide local excision

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Types of developmental abnormalities?

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Hyperplasia
Juvenile hypertrophy
Accessory breast tissue
Accessory nipple

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Non-neoplastic pathology of benign breast disease?

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Gynaecomastia 
Fibrocystic change 
Hamartoma 
Fibroadenoma 
Sclerosing lesions
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8
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Inflammatory pathology of benign breast disease?

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Fat necrosis
Duct ectasia
Acute mastitis/abscess

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Benign tumours of breast?

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Phyllodes tumour

Intraduct papilloma

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10
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What is gynaecomastia?

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Breast development in males

-Ductal growth without lobular development

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Causes of gynaecomastia?

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  • Exogenous/endogenous hormones
  • Cannabis
  • Prescription drugs
  • Liver disease
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What is cause of fibrocystic change?

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Abnormal and exaggerated responses of breast tissue to cyclical physiological menstrual hormonal stimuli

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What age group does fibrocystic change occur in?

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Pre-menopausal women age 20-50

Very common

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Resolution of fibrocystic change?

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Often resolves or diminishes after menopause

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15
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Presnetation of fibrocystic change?

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Lump or lumpiness of breast in pre-menopausal women

  • Smooth discrete lumps
  • Sudden pain
  • Cyclical pain
  • Lumpiness
  • Incidental finding (asymptomatic)
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Microscopic and macroscopic appearance of fibrocystic change?

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Cysts with intervening fibrosis

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Management of fibrocystic change?

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Exclude malignancy, reassure, excise if necessary

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What is hamartoma?

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Circumscribed lesion composed of cell types normal to breast but present in an abnormal proportion or distribution

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What is the commonest benign tumour of the breast?

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Fibroadenoma

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Presentation of fibroadenoma?

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Usually solitary single lump which is small, firm and mobile.
Usually painless

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Who do fibroadenomas usually occur in?

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Young women

Afro-carribean

22
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How does a fibroadenoma appear on US?

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Solid

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Gross appearance of fibroadenoma?

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  • Well circumscribed
  • Rounded
  • Elastic
  • Greyish cut surface
24
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Clinical description of fibroadenoma?

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Painless, discrete, mobile mass

25
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Microscopic fibroadenoma?

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Composed of connective tissue (stroma) and epithelium

26
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Management of fibroadenoma?

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  • Reassure that it is benign

- Excise if causing symptoms

27
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Difference between fibrocystic change and fibroadenoma?

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Fibrocystic= Painful, irregular lumpiness

Fibroadenoma= Painful, solid single lump

28
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What are sclerosing lesions?

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Benign, disorderly proliferation of acini and stroma

29
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What mimics carcinoma?

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Sclerosing lesions

30
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Presentation of scleroing adenosis?

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  • Pain, tenderness or lumpiness/thickening

- Asymptomatic

31
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Age for presentation of scleroising adenosis?

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20-70 years old

32
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What is a radial scar?

A

Small firm lesion with dense fibrous core with radiating fingers of fibrosis entrapping and distorting glandular elements

33
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What may occur in radial scars?

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In situ or invasive carcinoma

34
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Management of radial scars?

A

Excised or vacuumed

35
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Radial scars can be confused with?

A

Carcinoma

36
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Cause of fat necrosis?

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Local trauma

  • Seat belt injury
  • Surgery

OR
Warfarin therapy

37
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What is fat necrosis?

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Necrotic fat with lipid rich macrophages, giant cells and later, fibrosis

38
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What can fat necrosis present as?

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Mass mimicking carcinoma

39
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Management of fat necrosis?

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Exclude malignancy and reassure
-Lumps generally go away
Surgery can be done if they become big/uncomfy

40
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What is duct ectasia?

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Chronic inflammatory condition assoc with ectasia of ducts/cystic dilation

41
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What is duct ectasia associated with?

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Ageing and smoking

42
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Clinical features of duct ectasia?

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  • Affects sub-areolar ducts
  • Pain
  • Acute episodic inflammatory changes
  • Blood/purulent discharge
  • Fistulation
  • Nipple retraction and distortion
43
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Management of duct ectasia?

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  • Treat acute infections
  • Exclude malignancy
  • Smoking cessation
  • If bad can do surgery
44
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2 main aetiologies of acute mastitis and breast abscess?

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Duct ectasia > involves organisms and anaerobes

Lactation > staph A, strep pyogenes

45
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Clinical presentation of acute mastitis/abscess?

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Signs of infection and painful swollen breast

46
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Management of acute mastitis/abscess?

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  • AB’s
  • Percutaneous drainage
  • Incision and drainage
47
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Age range for phyllodes tumour?

A

40-50

48
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Cut surface of phyllodes tumour looks like?

A

Leaves- Phyllodes= greek for leaf)

49
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Where can duct papilloma develop?

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This benign tumour can develop in any part of duct system of breast but is most common in lacteal sinuses at nipple

50
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Age for intraduct papilloma?

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Age 35-60

51
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Presnetation of intraduct papilloma?

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Nipple discharge +/- blood

52
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Management of duct papilloma?

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Surgical removal and histology examined as small risk of cancer

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