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1
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Level 1 axillary lymph node

A

lateral to pec minor

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2
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level 2 ax node

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under pec minor

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3
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level 3 ax node

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medial and above pec minor

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4
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rotter node

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between pec minor and major

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5
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What is the best time to image breasts

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follicular phase day 7-14

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6
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When is a LMO view obtained? 2

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kyphosis/pectus excavatum or avoid pacer/line

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7
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How many cancer diagnoses should be made per 1000 mammos?

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3-8

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8
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What should PPV be?

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4%

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9
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Shape on mammo

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ROI round oval irregular

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10
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Margin on mammo

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circumscribed
obscured
microlobulated
indistinct
spiculated
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11
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Margin on US

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circumscribed
angulated
microlobulated 
indistinct
spiculated
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12
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5 things to describe mass on US

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shape
margin
posterior features
echo pattern
orientation
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13
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Background parenchymal enhancement is based off of what on MRI?

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1st post contrast sequence

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14
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What three categories are there for lesion analsysi on MRI?

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foci, mass, non mass like enhancement

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15
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Margin on MRI

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circumscribed irregular spiculated

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16
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What are the four internal enhancement patterns on MRI?

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homogeneous
heterogeneous
rim
dark internal septation

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17
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What are the 7 types of non mass like enhancement on MRI?

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focal
linear
linear branching
segmental
regional
multiple regional
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18
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clustered ring enhancement on MRI=

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DCIS or IDC

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19
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What are the five distributions of calcifications?

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segmental
linear
grouped
regional
scattered
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20
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cigar shaped w/ lucent center-

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secretory calcs

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21
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calcs 10-20 years after menopause=

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secretory calcs

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22
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massive eggshell calcs=

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liponecrosis macrocystica

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23
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How is milk of calcium seen on biopsy?

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polarized light for birefringence

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24
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4 ddx for amorphous calcs

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fibrocystic change
sclerosing adenosis
columnar cell change
DCIS low grade

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25
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4 ddx coarse heterogeneous calcs

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fibroadenoma
papilloma
fibrocystic change
DCIS low intermediate grade

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26
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4 ddx fine pleomorphic calcs

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fibroadnoma
papilloma
fibrocystic change
DCIS

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27
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What is the puff of smoke sign in mammo

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central calcs in mass

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28
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A ton of oil cysts=

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steatocystoma multiplex

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29
Q

PASH f/u recommendation?

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1 year

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30
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fibroadenoma characteristics on MRI?

A

T2 bright with type 1 enhancement

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31
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what IDC type is associated with radial scar?

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tubular

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32
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What does ILC look like on US?

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shadowing without a discrete mass

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33
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shrinking breast=

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ILC

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34
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dark star ddx 4

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lobular carcinoma, radial scar, surgical scar, IDC NOS

35
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What is breast pagets associated with?

A

high grade DCIS

36
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Radial scar is a/w what three things?

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DCIS, IDC, tubular carcinoma

37
Q

What is the most common benign cause of nipple discharge in a postmenopausal woman?

A

ductal ectasia

38
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What is the most common benign cause of nipple discharge in a premenopausal woman?

A

fibrocystic change

39
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AD + calcs=

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IDC and DCIS

40
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AD without calc=

41
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normal lymph node cortical thickness?

A

less than 2.3-3mm

42
Q

dense calcs in lymph node=

A

gold therapy

43
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snow storm node=

A

silicone infiltration or gel bleed

44
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What is diffuse glandular gynecomastia seen in?

A

men with estrogen therapy

45
Q

What is the second most common palpable mass in a man?

46
Q

What is the most common type of male breast cancer?

47
Q

step ladder on US

A

intracapsular rupture

48
Q

linguine sign on MRI

A

intracapsular rupture

49
Q

What is the local recurrence rate when treated with breast conserving therapy?

50
Q

What is the peak time for breast cancer recurrence?

51
Q

Without radiation, what is rate of local recurence?

52
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Benign calcs are seen when after treatment?

A

2 years (opposed to 4 for cancer recurrence)

53
Q

red plaques/skin nodules 6 years after radiation=

A

secondary angiosarcoma

54
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T1

55
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T2

56
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T3

57
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T4

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skin involvement, chest wall fixation, inflammatory

PAGETS is NOT T4

58
Q

What are the five contraindications for breast conservation?

A 
inflammatory
large cancer size relative to breast
multicentric disease
prior radiation to same breast
contraindication to radiation treatment
59
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Risk of cancer in Type 1 curve

60
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Risk of cancer in Type 2 curve

61
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Risk of cancer in Type 3 Curve

62
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What two tumors are T2 bright?

A

colloid cancer or mucinous cancer

63
Q

If patient with known breast CA, how often contralateral cancer found by mammo?

64
Q

If patient with known breast CA, how often contralateral cancer found by MRI?

65
Q

At what radiation dose will child later need screening MRI?

66
Q

At what age does child with high chest radiation get screening MRI?

A

age 25 or 8 years post exposure whichever is later

67
Q

What are the four features of Cowden Syndrome?

A

breast CAn, follicular thyroid cancer, endometrial cancer, lhermitte duclos

68
Q

QC localization and accuracy test performed

69
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What is the required resolution of line pairs?

A

13 in anode cathode direction, 11 in left right direction

70
Q

What must be seen to pass image quality?

A

4 fibers, 3 microcalc clusters, 3 masses, acceptable artifacts

71
Q

What are the characteristics of the dose phantom?

A

4.2 cm thick, 50% glandularity, 3 mGy per image

72
Q

Typical patient phantom dose one view, two view?

A

2 mgy, 4 mgy

73
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Typical compressed breast is how thick and what percent glandular?

A

6cm, 15-20%

74
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processor QC

75
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darkroom cleanliness

76
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viewbox conditions

77
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phantom evaluation

78
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repeat analysis

79
Q

compression test

A

semi annually

80
Q

darkroom fog

A

semi annually

81
Q

screen film contrast

A

semi annually

82
Q

How is flaring fixed on mri?

A

put pad between breast and coil

83
Q

How is heterogeneous fat satting fixed?

Rad (18 decks)

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