1Montgomery tubercles undergo hypertrophy and become more prominent in the breasts of
pregnant and lactating women
2Factors that increase your risk profile for developing breast cancer
- increases with aging
- inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
- first-degree relative with breast cancer
- Menopause after the age of 55
3Breast cancer risk factors
- Nulliparity, or late age at the birth of the first child (after 30 years old)
- late menopause
- early menarche
- drinking more than one alcoholic drink daily
4If your patient has nipple discharge, you will most likely need a
glass slide and fixative
5In light-skinned women, pregnancy produces
enlarged breasts with a darker areola
6 In patients with breast cancer, peau d’orange skin is often first evident
on or around the nipple
7The inframammary ridge________ with age
thickens and can be felt more easily along the lower edge of the breast
8When examining axillary lymph nodes, the patient’s arm is
flexed at the elbow
9Male gynecomastia associated with illicit or prescription drug use (e.g., antihypertensive drugs, estrogens, steroids)can be expected to
resolve after the drug is discontinued
10Characteristics and tx of Mastitis
- Tender, hard, shiny, and erythemic breasts bilaterally
- Tx: massage gently and continue nursing
11Characteristics of fibrocystic breast changes
tender masses, usually bilateral, with multiple round, mobile, well-delineated borders
12Fibroadenoma characteristics
Nontender
13Paget disease is an
eczema-like condition of the nipple that signals an underlying cancer
14Supernumerary nipples usually resemble ____ and occur...
- Moles
- along the milk line
- Those that have glandular tissue may enlarge under hormonal influences
15Characteristics of cancerous breast masses are
irregular or stellate, hard, fixed, nontender, and poorly delineated.
16Which of the following lymph nodes are examined during a breast examination?
Supraclavicular
Lateral axillary nodes
Anterior axillary nodes
posterior cervical