Triple Assessment Flashcards
First part or integral part
History+ clinical assessment
Second test
Radiology
Third test
Histopathology
> 40 years radiology
Mammography
Meathods of clinical examination in breast lesion
Dial clock meathod
Vertical stripe meathod
Horizontal stripe meathod
Best examination technique
Dial clock
<40 years breast radiology
USG
Amount of radiatoon for mammogram
0.1-0.2 c gy
Two views in a mammogram
Craniocaudal (cc)
Mediolateral oblique (MLO)
In which mammography more breast tissue and even axilla seen
Mediolateral oblique
Latest form of mammography
3D mammography or
Breast tomosynthesis
Advantage of breat tomosynthesis
More sensitive
Better results in dense breast
Types of mammography
Screening
Diagnostic
Best screening modalities for breast cancer
Mammography (15-12%) reduction in mortality
Age to start annual mammography
40 years of age
Breast cancer risk indicator
Family history
>20% on GAIL
BRCA PRO
Screening risky individual
35 years
Screening at 25 years of age for breast cancer for
BRCA Mutation
1st degree relative with BRCA Mutation
Character of benign lump
Well defined margin
Halo
Macrocalcification
Malignant lesion
Irregular speculated
Architectural distortion
Lymph nodes in axilla
Microcalcification is associated with
Malignant be cancer
Popcorn calcification is present in
Fibroademona
