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usmle breast cancer

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fibroadenoma dif   most common benign breast tumor in women under 30  
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fibroadenoma px   painless mass, well defined, rubbery, mobile, hormone dependent, firm  
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fibroadenoma dx   1st sonography , FNA , biopsy  
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fibroadenoma tx   conservation, excision if 2-3 cm and rapidly growing on serial US  
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giant juvenile fibroadenoma dif   prepubretal or young girl  
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giant juvenile fibroadenoma px   breast mass getting bigger , well defined, rubbery, mobile, hormone dependent, firm . may destort devolpment of the breast  
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giant juvenile fibroadenoma dx   1st sonography , FNA  
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giant juvenile fibroadenoma tx   always surgery excision  
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intraductal papiloma dif   most common of case bloody discharge from nipple  
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intraductal papiloma dx   mamography to rule out breast cancer  
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intraductal papiloma tx   surgical excision of involved duct  
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breast abscess dif   most common in woman post partum or breast feeding, pt may have been diagnosed with mastits  
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breast abscess px   unilateral localized pain, tenderness, eryhtema, subareolar mass, nipple discharge, nipple inversion, LAN, systemic symptoms of infection  
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breast abscess dx   sonography  
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breast abscess tx   surgical drinage, biopsy of the wall, culture the pus anti staph ABS ( nafcillin, oxicillin)  
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breast cysts dif   common breast masses can be from various causes, usally painless  
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breast cysts to confirm   songraphy  
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breast cysts dx/tx   1st step - needle drainage if clear fluid or greenish SIMPLE CYST, benign no further steps. if fluid milky GALACTOCELE , benign no further steps. if fluid bloody MALIGNANT should be excision if the cyst continues recur even its benign excision  
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mammary duct ectasia dif   obstruction of a subareolar dusct leading to duct dilation, inflamation, and fibrosis  
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mammary duct ectasia px   breast pain, nipple retracion, subalveolar mass, sticky discharge,  
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mammary duct ectasia dx   mamography  
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mammary duct ectasia tx   surgery  
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breast cancer risk factor   femail, age >40, hx of BC, 1st degree relative w/ BC, nulliparty, 1st pregnancy >30, menrache <12, menopause >55, radiation, >5 years HRT  
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breast cancer genitic   BRCA 1/2, li-fraumeni syndrome p53  
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breast cancer for whom we do gentic screening   pt diagnosed with breast and ovarian canver. strong Fx of breast/ovarian cancer. Fx of male breast cancer. young pt (<35years)  
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breast cancer when suspect ?   usually painless, breast mass, ill defined mass, FIXED mass, skin changes ( orange peeling, dimpling, erythema), nipple retraction,axilary LAN  
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ductal carcinoma in situ tx   * lumpectomy + radiation ( reccurence 5-10%) * modified radical mastectomy ( reccurence <1%)  
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lobular carcinoma in situ dif   most common to find incidentaly, marker for increase of invasive cancer in either breast  
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lobular carcinoma in situ tx   *1 qd observation, * lumpectomy + radiation ( reccurence 5-10%) * modified radical mastectomy ( reccurence <1%) *prophylactic bilateral mastectomy  
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infiltrating ductal carcinoma dif   most common breast cancer 80%  
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infiltrating ductal carcinoma tx   surgery : * lumpectomy and senetile node biopsy + radiation. * modified radical mastectomy . *radical mastectomy if inavion of pec major chemotherapy : *CAF,CMF hormone therapy( if tumor is ER/PR+) *estrogen inhibitor ( tamoxifien, raloxifien)  
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infiltrating lobular carcinoma dif   strong tendency toward bilaterlity  
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infiltrating lobular carcinoma tx   surgery : * lumpectomy and senetile node biopsy + radiation. * modified radical mastectomy . *radical mastectomy if inavion of pec major chemotherapy : *CAF,CMF hormone therapy( if tumor is ER/PR+) *estrogen inhibitor ( tamoxifien, raloxifien)  
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positive anti-her 2/neu   trastuzumab  
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postive ER or RR   tamoxifen, rolaxifen  
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lumbectomy contraindication   cancer is multifocal or radiation is contraindication  
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adjuvant chemotherapy is the answer when   lesions >1cm, postive axillary lymph nodes  
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when sentinel lymph node biopsy the answer?   routinely in all pts at the time of lumpectomy or mastectomy  
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when PET scan the answer ?   content of abnormal lymph nodes that are note easy accessible to biopsy  
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when ultrasound the answer ?   indetrminant mass lesion, cysts VS solid lesions ... painful , varies in size or pain with menstruation  
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FNA   best initial biopsy  
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open biopsy   most accurate diagnostic  
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core needle biopsy   larger sample, more deforming, can test ER, PR, HER 2/neu  
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