Pathoma: Inflammatory Conditions

Question 1

Acute mastitis is most often due to _____________.

Answer 1

S. aureus

Question 2

The classic drug used for acute mastitis is ______________.

Answer 2

dicloxacillin

Question 3

______________ usually presents with purulent nipple discharge.

Answer 3

Acute mastitis

Question 4

_____________ is needed to maintain specialized epithelium.

Answer 4

Vitamin A

Question 5

Smokers have a relative deficiency of ___________, which leads to metaplasia of the areolar duct epithelium from columnar to squamous.

Answer 5

vitamin A

Question 6

How does periductal mastitis lead to nipple retraction?

Answer 6

The perpetual inflammation leads to infiltrate of myofibroblasts (found in granulation tissue) that continued contractile force on the nipple.

Question 7

What disorder causes green-brown discharge from the nipple?

Answer 7

Mammary duct ectasia

Question 8

Given that mammary duct ectasia presents with a periareolar mass, how can you distinguish it from cancer?

Answer 8

Biopsy will show chronic inflammatory infiltrate

Question 9

Three things will be found on histologic exam of fat necrosis: ________________.

Answer 9

necrotic debris, calcification, and giant cells