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SB82 Breast - loosely taken from Fiser's ABSITE review

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Breast is formed from this embryonal structure ___________   Ectoderm milk streak  
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Estrogen is responsible for development of these breast structures ______________   Ducts  
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Progesterone is responsible for development of this breast structures _____________   Lobules  
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What hormone synergizes estrogen and progesterone in breast development? ___________   Prolactin  
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Injury to what structure in breast surgery results in a winged scapula? __________   Long thoracic nerve  
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What artery brings blood to the serratus anterior muscle? ____________   LATERAL thoracic artery  
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What nerve innervates the latissimus dorsi? ______________   Thoracodorsal  
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Which nerve innervates the pectoralis major ONLY? ________________   Lateral pectoral nerve  
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Where is the intercostobrachial nerve encountered during axillary dissection?   Just inferior to the axillary vein  
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What is the significance of Batson’s plexus?   It is comprised of valveless veins that that allow direct metastasis of breast cancer to the spine  
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What percentage of lymphatic drainage from the breast goes to the axillary nodes?   97%  
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A patient comes in with primary axillary lymphadenopathy. What is the most common diagnosis? _____________   Lymphoma  
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What is the significance of Cooper’s ligaments?   Suspensory ligaments of the breast that can cause skin dimpling if involved with a cancerous lesion  
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What is the most common organism in breast abscesses? _________   Staph aureus  
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A non-lactating woman arrives at your office with a swollen, painful breast. Incisional biopsy confirms infectious mastitis. What are the common causes of her condition?   In non-lactating women, the common causes are autoimmune disorders (lupus) and chronic inflammatory diseases (acinomyces, TB, syphilis)  
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What condition may masquerade as infectious mastitis? ___________   Necrotic cancer  
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Biopsy of a patient’s breast lesion returns with a pathology report of dilated mammary ducts, inspissated secretions, and marked periductal inflammation. What is the likely diagnosis? ____________   Mammary duct ectasia  
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What is the characteristic discharge associated with mammary duct ectasia?   Creamy  
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How would you clinically determine if a male patient has gynecomastia?   A 2-cm pinch of tissue is present  
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Neonatal breast enlargement is due to ________________   Circulating maternal estrogens  
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Polythelia is most likely present in this location ____________   Axilla  
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Term for ‘accessory breast tissue’ ______________   Polythelia  
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What findings would you expect to see in a patient with Poland’s syndrome?   Hypoplasia of the chest wall, amastia, hypoplastic shoulder, no pectoralis muscle  
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Workup for mastodynia   H+P and bilateral mammogram  
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Most common cause of cyclic mastodynia ___________   Fibrocystic change  
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Superficial vein thrombophlebitis of the breast _____________   Mondor’s disease  
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On a patient’s screening mammogram, you notice a cluster of calcifications. What is the next step? ___________   Excisional biopsy  
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Excisional biopsy of a cluster of calcifications noted on screening mammography shows regular nuclei without mitoses. What is the diagnosis? ___________   Sclerosing adenosis  
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What is the most common cause of bloody nipple discharge? ____________   Intraductal papilloma  
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Treatment of intraductal papilloma ___________   Excision  
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Most common breast lesion in adolescents and young women _____________   Fibroadenoma  
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Workup for suspected fibroadenoma in patients younger than 30 versus patients older than 30   Younger than 30 – core needle biopsy. Older than 30 – excisional biopsy  
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Green nipple discharge is usually due to ________   Fibrocystic change  
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Bloody nipple discharge is usually due to ____________   Intraductal papilloma  
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Workup for suspected intraductal papilloma ____________   Galactogram  
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Serous nipple discharge is usually due to _______________   Cancer  
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Definition of diffuse papillomatosis   Papillomas within multiple ducts of both breasts  
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Mammogram in diffuse papillomatosis shows this appearance ___________   Swiss cheese appearance  
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What percentage of patients with diffuse papillomatosis may get breast cancer? _________   40%  
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Which is considered a premalignant lesion, DCIS or LCIS? __________   DCIS  
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What margin do you need for DCIS excision?   2-3 mm  
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What is the most aggressive subtype of DCIS? ___________   Comedo  
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At what size DCIS should you be worried about risk for recurrence?   > 2.5 cm  
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What percentage of patient’s with DCIS get cancer if not resected?   40-60%  
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Treatment for DCIS   Simple mastectomy versus lumpectomy and radiation  
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What percentage of patients with LCIS are at risk of developing breast cancer? _______   40%  
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What percentage of patients with LCIS who develop breast cancer will develop ductal adenocarcinoma?   70%  
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LCIS is primarily found in which population of women, premenopausal or postmenopausal?   Premenopausal  
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What is the risk of having a synchronous breast cancer (in the opposite breast) at the time of diagnosis of LCIS?   5%  
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Breast cancer screening decreases mortality by _________%   Twenty-five  
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A mass needs to be greater than __________ mm to be detectable by mammography   Five  
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A mammogram is read as BIRAD-3. What is the appropriate action?   Short interval follow up with imaging (within 6 months)  
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A mammogram is read as BIRAD-4. What is the appropriate action?   Further immediate imaging vs. biopsy  
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Nodes located between the pectoralis major and minor muscles _________   Rotter’s nodes  
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What is the 5-year survival of breast cancer patients with 1-3 lymph nodes on axillary dissection?   60%  
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A T2 lesion is what size?   2-5 cm  
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Which genetic mutation is associated with breast AND ovarian cancer?   BRCA1  
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What percentage of breast cancers are negative for both hormone receptors?   10%  
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Male breast cancers are usually hormone ______________(positive / negative)   Positive  
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Treatment for male breast cancer   Modified radical mastectomy  
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Ductal carcinoma comprises ______________% of all breast cancers   85%  
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Which type of ductal breast carcinoma is hormone positive? _________   Medullary  
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Lobular breast carcinoma comprises what percentage of breast cancers?   10%  
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Absolute contraindications for breast-conserving therapy   >2 primary tumors in separate quadrants, persistent positive margins, pregnancy, prior irradiation, diffuse microcalcifications  
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A patient who has undergone axillary dissection has sudden, early post-op arm swelling. What is the likely diagnosis? ____________   Axillary vein thrombosis  
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What are the indications for radiation therapy after mastectomy?>4 nodes, skin/chest wall involvement, positive margins, tumor > 5 cm, extracapsular nodal invasion, inflammatory cancer, fixed axillary nodes    
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Indications for post-operative chemotherapy for breast cancer include everyone except ________   Postmenopausal women with hormone-positive disease – get tamoxifen  
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A patient presents to your office complaining of a scaly nipple lesion. Biopsy shows Paget cells. What is the likely diagnosis?   DCIS or ductal adenocarcinoma  
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A biopsy of what clinically appears to be a giant fibroadenoma returns with a pathology report of disordered stromal and epithelial elements. How would you determine if this is malignant?   Mitoses per high-powered field  
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A giant fibroadenoma with a pathology report of disordered stromal and epithelial elements is likely ___________________   Cystosarcoma phyllodes  
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What percentage of Cystosarcoma phyllodes are malignant?   10%  
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How does Cystosarcoma phyllodes spread? _________   Hematogenously  
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What is the treatment for Cystosarcoma phyllodes?   Wide local excision with negative margins  
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What is Stewart-Treves syndrome?   Lymphangiosarcoma that develops 5-10 years after lymphedema resulting from ALND for breast cancer  
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