VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Nursing 605: Advanced Health Assessment
Breast Lump Case Study
Jane is a 37 year old woman who presents today after finding multiple, tender breast masses last week. She reports the masses were located on the upper outer quadrant of both breasts, and were very painful. Although the pain seems to have subsided, and she no longer feels the masses, she has kept her appointment for further evaluation. She tearfully shares with you that her best friend died of breast cancer last year, and she is fearful she may now have cancer. Jane has never had a mammogram, and does not perform breast self-examinations on a regular basis.
Demographics: Jane is a 37-year-old woman.
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She also experiences from breast ache, tenderness, breast lump, and swelling. This condition also occurs often in women ages 30 to 50. She is a 37-year-old.
• Nipple Discharge
Intraductal papilloma: The patient doesn’t have this condition because she doesn’t experience from a bloody nipple discharge, unilateral, subareolar lesions, and solitary papilloma.
Duct ectasia: This condition happens most frequently in menopausal women. She doesn’t suffer from this condition because she doesn’t experience from chronic inflammatory cells, necrotic debris, nipple discharge, sticky, multicolored, multiple ducts, and nipple retraction.
Neonatal discharge (witch’s milk): The patient doesn’t have this condition because she is a 37-year-old. She is adult patient.
Hyperprolactinemia: The patient doesn’t experience from hyperprolactinemia because she doesn’t suffer from nipple discharge, amenorrhea, decreased libido, gynecomastia, and galactorrhea. She also doesn’t experience from headache and visual
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Nursing 605: Advanced Health Assessment
Breast Lump Case Study
Jane is a 37 year old woman who presents today after finding multiple, tender breast masses last week. She reports the masses were located on the upper outer quadrant of both breasts, and were very painful. Although the pain seems to have subsided, and she no longer feels the masses, she has kept her appointment for further evaluation. She tearfully shares with you that her best friend died of breast cancer last year, and she is fearful she may now have cancer. Jane has never had a mammogram, and does not perform breast self-examinations on a regular basis.
Demographics: Jane is a 37-year-old woman.
Chief …show more content…
She also experiences from breast ache, tenderness, breast lump, and swelling. This condition also occurs often in women ages 30 to 50. She is a 37-year-old.
• Nipple Discharge
Intraductal papilloma: The patient doesn’t have this condition because she doesn’t experience from a bloody nipple discharge, unilateral, subareolar lesions, and solitary papilloma.
Duct ectasia: This condition happens most frequently in menopausal women. She doesn’t suffer from this condition because she doesn’t experience from chronic inflammatory cells, necrotic debris, nipple discharge, sticky, multicolored, multiple ducts, and nipple retraction.
Neonatal discharge (witch’s milk): The patient doesn’t have this condition because she is a 37-year-old. She is adult patient.
Hyperprolactinemia: The patient doesn’t experience from hyperprolactinemia because she doesn’t suffer from nipple discharge, amenorrhea, decreased libido, gynecomastia, and galactorrhea. She also doesn’t experience from headache and visual