chapter 16: breasts and axillae

Question 1

some medications may cause

Answer 1

nipple discharge and breast pain

Question 2

newborn’s nipple milk

Answer 2

witch’s milk

Question 3

breast development

Answer 3

thelarche

Question 4

absence of menstruation

Answer 4

amenorrhea

Question 5

breast edema discoloration

Answer 5

peau d’orange

Question 6

breast mass characteristics

Answer 6

location, size, shape, consistency, tenderness, mobility, borders, retractions

Question 7

palpation methods

Answer 7

circulation, wedge method, vertical strip

Question 8

palpable masses that are round, mobile, change in size, swollen

Answer 8

fibrocystic changes in the breast

Question 9

unilateral, rubbery lump, firm, benign, age 15-35

Answer 9

fibroadenoma

Question 10

sticky nipple discharge
dark green or black

Answer 10

ductal ectasia

Question 11

spontaneous bloody nipple discharge

Answer 11

intraductal papilloma

Question 12

unilateral lump, thickening, dimpling, peau d’ orange, inverted nippled, clear discharge, crust/erosion of the nipple

Answer 12

invasive breast cancer

Question 13

abnormal mammogram, DCIS or LCIS

Answer 13

noninvasive breast cancer

Question 14

bacterial infection during lactating
red, tender, warm to touch

Answer 14

mastitis

Question 15

inappropriate lactation;
milky-appearing nipple discharge

Answer 15

galactorrhea

Question 16

enlargement of male boobs (due to the decrease of testosterone)

Answer 16

gynecomastia