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BREAST
BENIGN PATH
Question | Answer |
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Another name for a Sebaceous cyst | epidermal inclusion cyst |
These cyst can be found anterior to the superficial layer, w/in the dermal layer..... | Sebaceous cyst |
This ___________ is hyperechoic in nature but may vary from anechoic or hypoechoic | Sebaceous cyst |
internal echoes are the result of several possible processes: NAME : 4 | cholesterol crystals , proteinaceous debris, floating foamy macrophages , floating papillary apocrine metaplasia |
6 basic types of benign solid breast pathologies : | fibroadenoma, phyllodes tumor, nipple adenoma, focal dysplastic papillomatosis, ST breast tumor , skin tumors |
50% of all benign breast pathologies and are the most common in women under age 35 | fibroadenoma |
This benign tumor may be found in older women undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) | fibroadenoma |
This tumor _______ often calcify, displaying a popcorn-like pattern | fibroadenoma |
very similar to the fibroadenomas but much less common | Phyllodes tumor |
These tumors are usually benign, but may become Malignant (10% of cases) especially when it exceeds 3 cm | Phyllodes tumor |
Phyllodes tumor is benign but can be malignant, know characteristics | hypoechoic, well circumscribed, oval= benign almost 3cm and exhibits cystic spaces= malignant |
Large, oval , well-defined, mobile, macrolobulated masses with fibrotic septae which can appear as echogenic bands within | Lactating Adenomas |
Quite mobile, homodgenous, hypoechoic, little echancement, tightly packed punctate calcifications | tubular adenomas |
composed of the lining cells of a lactiferous duct | papilloma |
which tumor are the most common cause of bloody nipple discharge | Papilloma |
this tumor is usually homogenously hypoechoic , - most are connected to a vascular stalk | papilloma |
a small percentage become malignant but are typically non -invasive, slow growing | papilloma |
Solitary papillomas, located centrally , arise from the duct, while multiple, peripheral papillomas arise from the ______ | TDLU |
Distinct form of ductal hyperplasia with epithelial proliferation and clustered cyst formation | Juvenile Papillomatosis |
inhomogeneous mass with one or several small (0.4) round cystic areas near the borders of the lesion | Juvenile papillomatosis |
___________________ have a gross app similar to Swiss cheese | Juvenile Papillomas |
common soft tissue tumor and far more compressible | Lipoma |
extremely difficult to visualized: smooth or slightly lobulated mass enclosed by a thin capsule | Lipoma |
when differentiating fibroadenomas and lipomas, which one is more compressible | fat is squishy, remember that- lipomas |
fibro-adeno-lipoma or adeno-fibro-lipoma is what? | Hamartoma |
Breast within a breast | Hamartoma |
Thin, radiolucent border of the mass in the CC view on Mammo is what mass? | Hamartoma |
Common form of inflammation is | lactational (puerperal) mastitis |
Non-lactational forms of mastitis : (6) | infected cyst, subareolar abscess, post surgical inflammation, plasma cell (periductal) mastits, tuberculosis, inflammatory carcinoma |
puerperal period | up to 6 weeks postpartum |
Mastitis revels on sono:: | increase echos of fat and parenchymal layers, possible shadowing, skin thickening, blurred tissue planes, Increase vascularity |
Periductal mastitis involves ___-_____ subareolar ducts that become infected in ______ women | Non dilated young |
Duct ectasia involves ______ subareolar ducts in _____ women | dilated older |
cigar shaped calcifications | Plasma cell mastits |
The thickness of the skin of the breast is usually ? | <0.2 cm |
What is Galactorrhea? | bilateral-milk discharge from a non-lactating and non-pregnant female |
breast tumors causing nipple discharge for benign | Intraductal Papilloma |
breast tumors causing nipple discharge for malignant | Intraductal Papilloma Carcinoma, DCIS, IDC |
____ - _____ are the most common and are the end stage of fat necrosis | Oil Cyst |
Egg shell appearance on mammo | fat necrosis/ oil cyst |
gynecomastia lacks what? | acini, lobules, and coopers ligaments |
This disorder is characterized by thrombophlebitis of the subcutaneous veins of the breast | Mondor's Disease |