Breast/Uro Flashcards
A 65 year old woman with a family history of breast cancer is worried about her odds of developing breast cancer. What would also increase her risk?
Early onset of menarche
A 55 year old woman presents with a 0.5 CN invasive carcinoma of the breast detected on mammography. What would be the appropriate local therapy for the tumor?
Local excision and axillary dissection followed by radiation therapy
A 15 year old black girl has her left breast removed because of a large mass.The tumor weighs 1350g and has a bulging, very firm, lobulated, surface with a whorl-like pattern. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Fibroadenoma
A 60 year old woman who has a history of severe depression and a radical mastectomy for carcinoma of the Breast one year previously develops nocturia, polyuria, and excessive thirst. Laboratory values are
Serum electrolytes- Na 149meq/ml, K- 6meq/ml
Serum calcium- 9.5 mg/dl
Blood glucose- 110mg/dl
Urine osmolality- 159mOsm/Kt
What is the most likely diagnosis?
Diabetes insipidus
A 54 year old woman with a history of left mastectomy and subsequent radiation therapy for Breast cancer two years ago presents with a 3 Cm mass along the edge of the surgical suture line. She denies fever, chills, weight loss, and night sweats.Physical examination reveals some generalized induration and a tanned appearance of the skin overlying the mastectomy secondary to radiation therapy. There is a non mobile, nontender mass along the suture line that is not warm or fluctuant. She has no axillary lymphadenopathy. A biopsy specimen of the breast mass is most likely to show what?
Malignancy
What side effect is relatively common immediately after isosulfan blue dye injection for mapping and Sentinal node identification?
Spurious pulse oximeter reading
What best describes the long thoracic nerve?
If damaged causes winged scapula
Axillary lymph nodes are classified according to their relationship with which muscle?
Pectoralis minor
What best describes the Breast Cancer Type 2 gene?
It is associated with a 40% lifetime risk of ovarian cancer
A 40 year old female presents to the clinic with a palpable mass. On physical examination, the mass is a 1 cm, mobile, firm nodule at the 2:00 position. What is the next best step in management for this new mass?
Mammogram
What best describes Breast MRIs?
They allow for east acquisition of tissue for pathologic diagnosis
What is the most common cause of bloody nipple discharge?
Intraductal papilloma
What statement is most characteristic of phyllodes tumors?
They tend to recur
A 34 year old woman is referred for the evaluation of Breast pain. It is described as burning, occasionally sharp and located in the subareolar area. It is always present and unilateral. On physical exam, she Has dense tissue in both breasts but no discrete nodules. What is the best working diagnosis?
Noncyclic Breast pain
Tx: Reassurance
Following a mile localized excisional biopsy for Microcalcifications, pathology is found to be fibrocystic changes associated with Sclerosing adenosis and ductal hyperplasia. There was no atypia but lobular carcinoma in situ was present. What is the next best step in management?
Tell the patient that she has a future Cancer risk of 1% per year
A woman had a mastectomy and Sentinal node biopsy for a diagnosed invasive breast cancer. Her Sentinal node was positive and she had an axillary dissection. The final pathology showed a 4cm invasive lobular carcinoma. Five of thirteen lymph nodes were positive. Additional therapy would include which of the following?
Radiation
A young patient had a mass removed from her Breast that was thought to be a fibroadenoma. On the final pathology, it was found to be malignant phyllodes tumor with margins less than 1 mm. Which of the following should be included in additional therapy?
Margin re-excision
Appropriate management of a patient with a positive sentinel lymph node might include what action?
Systemic chemotherapy and axillary lymph node dissection
A 45 year old man presents with a 2 cm painless subareolar mass of his left Breast with nipple retraction. Physical examination shows no lymph node involvement. A biopsy revealed infiltrating ductal carcinoma wi positive hormone receptors. There is no evidence of metastatic disease. What is the most appropriate treatment plan?
Modified radical mastectomy
A 22 year old woman in her 9th week of pregnancy presents with a painless lump of her left breast. On physical examination, there is a 3 cm mass in the left breast with no palpable lymph nodes. What imaging study should be performed first?
Ultrasound
A 22 year old woman in her 9th week of pregnancy presents with a painless lump of her left breast. On physical exam there is a 3 cm mass in the left breast with no palpable lymph nodes. The mass is found to be solid and a biopsy is performed. It returns as infiltrating ductal carcinoma. Around what topic should the treatment discussion center?
Mastectomy with axillary sampling