Week 13-GU Flashcards
Benign breast development in men.
Gynecomastia
Accumulation of subareolar fat
Psuedogynecomastia
What nodes are most likely to be felt in a breast exam?
Central nodes
Malignant cells from breast cancer may spread directly to the:
Infraclavicular nodes or into the internal mammary chain of LN within the chest
Usually bilateral, multi ductal, promoted by stim and ranges in color from white to yellow to green
Physiologic discharge
Usually unilateral, bloody or serous and associated with a mass in women over 40.
Pathologic discharge
Mass over 50:
Consider cancer first until proven otherwise
Irregular, firm, mobile, or fixed to surrounding tissue:
Cancer
Mass age 15-25 consider:
Fibroadenoma - smooth, rubbery, round, mobile, nontender
Mass 25-50 consider:
Cysts: soft firm, round, mobile, often nontender
How to assess lateral portion breast.
Hand on forehead with shoulders against bed (flattens tissue)
How to assess medial portion of breast:
Hand on neck with shoulders against bed.
Spontaneous, unilateral, bloody discharge from 1-2 ducts consider:
Papilloma, DCIS, or Paget’s disease of the breast
Vaginal surface of the cervix, what is seen with speculum.
Ectocervix
Opening of the cervix, marks the opening into the endocervical canal.
Cervical os
Continuation with the vaginal lining.
Squamous epithelium
During puberty, the broad band of columnar epithelium encircling the os is gradually replaced with squamous epithelium.
Ectropion
Forms the boundary between squamous epithelium and columnar epithelium. This migrates toward the os and creates the transformational zone.
Squamocolumnar junction