Prelim Flashcards
Diagnostic imaging of the
breasts
••Use to screen early detection of
Breast Cancer
Mammography
Why perform mammo?
Early detection of breast cancer
Lowers number of fatalities
Mammography is an imaging of breast using a in order to____recognize any abnormalities of breast with dedicated mammography
unit.
compression
7 RISK FACTORS FOR BREAST CANCER
: AFABREMEMEUSLA
AGE
FAMILY HISTORY
BREAST ARCHITECTURE
MENARCHE
MENOPAUSAL
Use of Estrogen
Late age at birth of first child or never had children
3 step to perform routine breast exam
- Look breast in mirror with arms by sides and then when arms raised.
- Feel breast while lying down
- Feel breast while standing up
6 Breast Cancer Awareness: NiTeViDiNiLy
Nipple Discharge
Texture change
Visible Lump
Dimpled or depressed
Nipple Turning
Lymph Discharged
2 types of Mammo
Diagnostic
Screening
Performed to patients with symptoms or elevated
risk factors.
Cancer patients
Diagnostic Mammography
Asymptomatic patients
Annual mammogram screening
Screening Mammography
- a small projection of skin containing outlets for 15-20 lactiferous ducts arranged cylindrically around the tip.
NIPPLE
- the structures which carry milk toward the nipple.
LACTIFEROUS DUCT
- the superficial layer that
provides shape to the breast which come
in contact with the baby when
breastfeeding.
SKIN
- also known as the
thoracic wall. It is the boundary that
serves as protection on internal
organs inside the thoracic cavity
CHEST WALL
- a group of alveoli, the milk secreting cells in the breast
LOBULES
- any of the muscles that connect the front walls
of the chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder.
PECTORALIS MUSCLE
- the pigmented area on the
human breast around the nipple
AREOLA
- helps provide shape and support for the breast.
FATTY TISSUE
Small bumps in the areola.
It protects the nipple from dryness
Scent helps baby find breasts
Montgomery Glands
Montgomery Glands also known as
Morgagni tubercles
2 skin glands
Sebaceous Gland (Montgomery) : Apocrine
Sudoriferous Gland (Lactiferous) Gland:Eccrine
secrete oily substance following pregnancy (Apocrine)
Sebaceous Gland (Montgomery)
Is an extension of the tissue of the breast that extends into the axilla
Spence’s tail, axillary tail
Supernumerary nipple
Polythelia
– produces milk after childbirth
(Eccrine)
Sudoriferous Gland (Lactiferous) Gland
DIVISIONS OF BREAST:
2 methods used to subdivide the breast for localization purposes.
Quadrant & Clock System
- use for sonography reports
Clock system-
Compares the surface of the breast with the face of the clock
Clock System
Use for mammography reports
Quadrant
7 nodes of breast
- Supraclavicular
Apical
Anterior
Posterior
Lateral
Central
Internal Mammary
