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Where might a congenital supernumerary nipple occur?

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along milk lines

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Difference between screening mammogram and Diagnostic mammogram

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  • Screening= asymptomatic patient
  • Diagnostic= if pt c/o lump, etc (or if screening mammo is abnl)
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What is a BI-RADS score used for

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Used to score findings found on diagnostic mammorgram-

helps to determine if findings are normal/benign/concerning and helps determine next steps (When to follow-up or if you shoudl refer to surgeon)

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Why is it important to correlate an abnormal mammogram with a prior study?

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This could tell you if the finding has been present and stable for many years and therefore does not require further work-up

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What is the initial diagnostic study for a young, low-risk woman with suspected fibroadenoma

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Ultrasound

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Fibroadenoma:

  • MC young or old?
  • MC in which race?
  • solitary mass or numerous?
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young

black

solitary mass

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CPx of what?

  • Round/ovoid
  • rubbery
  • movable
  • non-tender
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Fibroadenoma

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How do you dx Fibroadenoma?

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Core needle biopsy

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What is definitive tx for Fibroadenoma

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excision

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What is the name of a large fibroadenoma that grows rapidly? Why is this concerning

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Phyllodes tumor

Can be malignant

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How do you treat a Phyllodes Tumor

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Excision required

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What condition?

  • MC 30-50y/o
  • Increased risk with alcohol use
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Cyst/fibrocystic changes

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Fibrocystic breast disease is dependent on what hormone

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estrogen dependent

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Which condition?

  • Painful
  • Single or multiple
  • Bilateral
  • Rapid changes in size and appearance
  • Nodular breast tissue
  • Mobile
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Fibrocystic breast disease

(breast cysts are usually single but can have the same characteristics as fibrocystic breast disease)

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How do you diagnose Cyst/Fibrocystic changes of the breast?

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  • mammogram/ultrasound
  • Fine needle aspiration
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How do you treat Cyst/Fibrocystic changes of the breast?

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  1. Breast support
  2. Rx: Danazol (only if severe)- was not on slide

Use of evening primrose oil, low fat diet, avoiding caffeine and vit E does NOT have great evidence

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Cyst/Fibrocystic changes will subside with what

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Menopause

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Are cysts or fibroadenomas usually tender?

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Cysts

(fibroadenomas are usually nontender)

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MC age to have a fibroadenoma? Cysts?

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  • Fibroadenoma_- 15-25y/o_ (usu. puberty and young adulthood)
  • Cysts- 30-50y/o (regresses after menopause except w/ estrogen therapy)
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What is the MC female cancer and the 2nd MCC of cancer death in women in the US ?

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Breast cancer

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Risk factors of what?

  • Female
  • White race
  • Postmenopausal obesity
  • High estrogen levels
  • BRCA1/BRCA2 genes
  • Personal/FHx ovarian, peritoneal or breast cancer
  • Radiotherapy to chest b/w age 10-30
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Breast Cancer

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What are the 5 protective factors for breast cancer

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  1. Breastfeeding
  2. Higher parity
  3. Physical activity
  4. Oophorectomy < 35y/o
  5. ASA use
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What is the risk calculator used for breast cancer in average risk women

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Gail model

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What are the USPSTF breast cancer screening guidelines for average risk women

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50-74y/o, every 2 years

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What are the ACOG breast cancer screening guidelines for average risk women
**50-74** y/o, every **1-2 years** (use Gail model risk calculator to decide 1 vs 2)
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What are the breast cancer screening guidelines for high risk individuals
* **annual screening mammogram**, starting at **25y/o** (or **5-10 yrs before** age of dx in affected relative) * Supplemental screening breast **MRI** 6 months later
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The following are indications for what type of testing: * Breast cancer before 50y/o * Bilateral Br cancer * Breast and ovarian cancer in same woman or same family * Male breast cancer * Ashkenazi Jewish ethnicity
BRCA1/2 genetic testing
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Which is the MC breast cancer to be found incidentally on a screenining mammogram? (patient is asymptomatic)
Ductal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS)
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How do you treat Ductal Carcinoma in situ? (DCIS
excision
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What is the MC breast cancer
Infiltrating ductal carcinoma
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Infiltrating cancer: Which molecular subtypes make up the majority of **ER-positive** cancers?
Luminal A/ Luminal B
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Infiltrating cancer: Which molecular subtypes are often **ER and PR _negative_** cancers?
HER2-enriched
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Infiltrating breast cancer: Which molecular subtypeis the most aggressive with very few tx options?
Basal: "Triple Negative" breast cancer ER/PR/HER-2 negative
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What are the 3 MC locations that breast cancer metastasises to?
1. Lung 2. Liver 3. Bone (so might complain of back pain, abd pain, jaundice, SOB, cough)
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Is it more concerning if a breast mass is fixed or mobile? Tender or nontender? Well-defined or nondiscrete margins?
Concerning for cancer if: Fixed, non-tender, nondiscrete margins
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If a mammogram report says soft tissue mass and "**clustered microcalcification**s" what dx are you thinking
**_Ductal Carcinoma in situ_** (if you see those findings on mammogram then you should order a diagnostic mammogram)
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# POPCORN If you see the following on mammogram report what must you do? **_"Spiculated soft tissue mass"_**
Must biopsy
38
What are the 3 surgical treatment options for breast cancer?
* **Lumpectomy + radiation** ("breast conservation therapy") * **Mastectomy** * **Modified radical mastectomy** (includes axillary lymph nodes)
39
What medical therapy (3) could be used for **ER-positive** breast cancers?
_**Chemo** + **Tamoxifen** + **Aromatase inhibitors**_
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What is primary adjunct therapy to Tamoxifen in the medical treatment of ER-positive breast cancers and what is its purpose?
_Aromatase inhibitors_ * Prevents estrogen production * Extends survival with mets * concurrent w/ tamoxifen for **prevention of recurrence**
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What is the medical therapy for HER-2 breast cacners
Chemo + Trastuzumab
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What are the 3 severe **side effects of Trastuzumab** (used in the medical treatment of HER-2 cancers)
* Heart failure * Respiratory problems * Life threatening allergic reactions
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What is the follow up regimen for Breast cancer?
* F/U **q3-6months** x**2 years**, then **annually** * **Annual mammogram** and **clinical breast exam** indefinitely
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Within how many years do most recurrences of breast cancers occur?
within **5 years** | (after this, recurrence is low)
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If a patient is **35-40y/o** and **done having kids**, what surgery can be performed to reduce risk of breast cancer if she is a **BRCA1/2 carrier**?
Bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
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What is an alternative to prophylactic mastectomy in a patient that is a BRCA1/2 carrier?
Chemoprevention with tamoxifen
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Which breast cancer is characterized by **diffuse dermatologic erythema and edema (peau d'orange)**
Inflammatory breast cancer
48
Which breast cancer: * **_Rapid_** onset of breast **pain** and **itching**
Inlammatory breast cancer
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# POPCORN If the following is seen on pathology after a **full thickness skin punch biopsy**, what condition are you thinking? **_Dermal lymphatic invasion by tumor cells_**
Inflammatory breast cancer
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What type of biopsy do you use to dx inflammatory breast cancer
Full thickness skin punch bx
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How do you tx Inflammatory breast cancer?
**Chemo + mastectomy w/ axillary node dissection + radiation** (CANT do breast conservation therapy)
52
Which breast cancer is characterized by: * **scaly,** vesicular or ulcerated lesion that begins on **nipple** and spreads to the areola
Paget disease of breast
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What is the **initial presentation of Paget disease of Breast**
Pain, **burning** or **_pruritis_** **(**before you see scaly rash on/around nipple)
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Is Paget Disease of breast usually bilateral or unilateral? What type of nipple discharge is occasionally a/w this conditions
unilateral bloody discharge
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How do you diagnose Paget Disease of breast?
* Full thickness wedge or **punch bx of the nipple** * Bilateral mammogram
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Tx for Paget Disease of breast?
Mastectomy or BCT followed by radiation
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What are 4 worrisome signs a/w nipple discharge
* Spontaneous * Bloody * Unilateral, uniductal * A/w a mass
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What color is the nipple discharge a/w fibrocystic changes or ductal ectasia
green, yellow or brown; sticky
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What 5 things can be done to eval nipple discharge
* Focused ultrasound, mammogram if \>30y/o * Ductography * MRI/ MR ductography * Labs- HCG, prolactin, etc
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What are the 3 tx options for Nipple discharge
* If related to meds- reassurance * Terminal ductal excision * If malignancy- appropriate cancer sx
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What type of patient is mastitis usually seen in?
Usually a primiparous nursing patient
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Which bacteria is the MC etiology of Mastitis/abscess?
S. aureus
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What is the MCC of Mastitis
Disrupted flow of milk causing engorgement
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CPx of what? * Fever, swelling * **Painful, erythematous lobule in outer breast quadrant**
Mastitis
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How do you dx mastitis?
* **_Clinical_** * If refractory to tx- Ultrasound to look for abscess
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How do you treat mastitis? (3)
* **_Continue breastfeeding_** or use breast pump * Local heat, breast support * 1st line abx: **_Dicloxacillin_**
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If a patient with mastitis is refractory to tx what should you be concerned for
abscess
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What are 4 risk factors for breast abscess in breastfeeding patients
1. \>30y/o 2. Primiparity 3. Gestational age \> 41 wks 4. Tobacco use
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How do you dx a breast abscess
* Clinical findings + ultrasound * Breast milk cultures (if severe)
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How do you treat a breast abscess?
Drainage and abx | (usu. will need repetitive drainage)
71
What condition: * Bilateral * **_Symmetric distribution_** of glandular breast tissue around areolar-nipple complex * Males
Gynecomastia
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What 8 meds have good evidence that they cause gynecomastia
1. Estrogens 2. Spironolactone 3. Cimetidine 4. Ketoconazole 5. Growth horone 6. Gonadotropins 7. Antiandrogen therapies 8. 5 alpha-reductase inhibitors
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T/F: Hyperthyroidism can cause gynecomastia in men
true
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The following are pathologic causes of what? * Drugs (exogenous estrogen, etc) * Hypogonadism (Klinefelters, cryptorchidism, defect in testosterone synthesis, hyperprolactinemia) * Tumor (testicular cancer, feminicing adrenal tumor, hCG-producing tumor)
Gynecomastia
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Physiologic gynecomastia regresses spontaneously in \> 70% of patients after how long? When is regression rare?
* Most regresses spont. after **_1 year_** * Rare if persists over 1 year or after 17y/o
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