The breasts

Question 1

Name some of the possible clinical presentations/symptoms of breast diseases?

Answer 1

• Pain (less than 2% have cancer)
• Palpable mass
• Nipple discharge
• Mammographic abnormality

Question 2

What’s Fibrocystic Disease?

Answer 2

It’s a very common benign breast disease where there is a lumpiness in one or usually both breasts. Can cause painful tender breasts. hormone related changes. Calcification.

Question 3

What is the common benign breast disease where there is a lumpiness in one/both breasts that can cause tenderness.

Answer 3

This condition is called Fibrocystic Disease

Question 4

How does someone get fat necrosis in the breast?

Answer 4

Fat necrosis comes about from trauma causing haemorrhage and necrosis.

Causes a hard lump which mimics cancer.

Question 5

What is the breast infection which causes inflammation of the breasts commonly caused by breastfeeding complicaions.

Answer 5

Mastitis

Question 6

What is mastitis?

Answer 6

It’s an inflammatory condition caused by infection. Commonly caused by blocked milk ducts in breastfeeding - lactation mastitis

Question 7

What are some symptoms of mastisis?

the inflammatory breast condition

Answer 7

Red, tender, painful warm breasts.

Question 8

Name some benign breast tumours…

Answer 8

• Papilloma

- Fibroadenoma

Question 9

Name some Malignant breast tumours…

Answer 9

• Ductal carcinoma
• Lobular Carcinoma
• Paget’s disease

Question 10

What is a breast papilloma?

Answer 10

It’s a benign wart like growth in the ducts. Causes bleeding or nipple discharge. Can grow up to 2 cms

Question 11

Name some symptoms of breast papilloma?

Answer 11

• Bleeding nipple
• Nipple discharge
• Wart-like growth on nipple

Question 12

What’s a Fibroadenoma?

Answer 12

It’s a benign rubbery lump in the breast. Happens in women of reproductive age and can increase in size during pregnancy.

Question 13

What tumour can be described as a benign rubbery lump in the breast that can increase in size during pregnancy.

Answer 13

Fibroadenoma

Question 14

How might you be able to spot breast cancer presenting in the breast?

Answer 14

• Lump
• Skin dimpling
• Change in skin colour or texture
• Change in how the nipple looks (i.e. nipple inversion)
• Clear or bloody fluid that leaks out of the nipple.

Question 15

What is ductal carcinoma?

Answer 15

• Malignant tumour.

- Abnormality of milk ducts

Question 16

How may you treat Breastcancer?

Answer 16

• Surgery + lymph node dissection
• Chemo
• Radiotherapy
• Drugs (Tamoxifen, Herceptin)
• Lumpectomy
• Mastectomy

Question 17

What condition affects the skin of one nipple causing an eczema-type rash that is itchy and can bleed.

Answer 17

Paget’s disease of the nipple

a sign of underlying breast cancer

Question 18

What is Paget’s disease of the nipple?

Answer 18

It’s a malignant condition affecting the skin of one nipple and causes an eczema type rash that is itchy and can bleed. It’s a sign of underlying breast cancer.