Breasts Flashcards
Number of lobes in each breast
15-20
Hypoplasia or complete absence of the breast, costal cartilage and rib defects, hyoplasia of the chest wall, brachysyndactyy
Poland’s syndrome
Provide’s a route for breast cancer metastases
Batson’s plexus
Aka rotter’s nodes
Interpectoral group- level II
Gynecomastia is breast tissue at least
2 cms in diamter
Epidermal puerperal mastitis is due to
MRSA
Variant of thrombophlebitis that involved the superficial veins of the anterior chest and breast
Mondor’s disease
Mgmt for fibroadenoma
> 3 cms: excise; otherwis observe
Formed when breast strona involuted too quickly
Cysts
Most common presentation of breast CA
Microcalcifications, fine linear, branching, varies in shape
Breast cancer risk assessment
Gail model (1.7); screening mammogram; chemoprevention; prophylactic mastectomy
Mammogram is done at
35- baseline; annual from 40
Distinctive for LCIS
Cytoplasmic mucoid globules
Frequent phenotype among BRCA1 cancers
Medullary
Most common type of invasive breast CA
Invasive ductal Ca