EFA Flashcards
No malignant cells and cellular debris and brown fluid
Fibrocystic change
Abscess- pus
Fat necrosis - oil cyst on USS, inflammatory changes such as macrophages
Does everyone get a mammogram or USS? Clinical finding
No - if there is a symptom or clinical finding, you do both USS + mammogram
If over 40 - mammogram
If under 40 - USS
Spinal cord compression is a?
Medical emergency
Symptoms of spinal cord compression
Loss of sensation in perineum
Signs of incontinence
Hip flexion weakness
Management of spinal cord compression
Urgent MRI
Spinal cord decompression
Breast cancer biggest risk
Biggest risk is age
Aspirin - be careful during surgery as can cause haematomas
Aromatase inhibitor
Bisphosphonate
Her 2 negative - can you do immunotherapy?
No
ABPI - shows arterial disease, not venous disease
An ulcer is 10x5cm, superficial with brown discolouration of lower legs (haemosiderin deposition), thickened skin (lipodermatosclerosis). What is the cause of the ulcer
Venous ulcer
What causes discolouration of the lower legs?
Haemosiderin deposition due to leaking out from varicose veins
What causes the thickened skin
inflammation casuing lipodermatosclerosis
Arterial
Venous
Arterial vs venous ulcer - pain
Superficial thrombophlebitis within varicose veins causing swollen hard cord in the long vein - management
NSAIDs
Foam sclerotherapy
When would you give anticoags such as rivaroxaban?
Rivaroxaban only if you think it’s a superfician vein to deep vein connection
Long standing varicose vein
What size of aortic aneurysm do you repair?
5.5cm - for repair of aortic aneurysm
If smaller - repeat USS
