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
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
NIPPLE
LACTIFEROUS DUCT
SKIN
CHEST WALL
LOBULES
PECTORALIS MUSCLE
AREOLA
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