Breast Assessment

Front 1

mammograms

Back 1

all women over 40 should get yearly mammogram

Front 2

mastalgia

Back 2

-pain/tenderness in breasts
-occurs with trauma, inflammation, infection, and benign breast disease

Front 3

galactorrhea

Back 3

nipple discharge
-some meds cause clear nipple discharge

Front 4

BSE

Back 4

women ages 20-39 should perform BSE and have a clinical breast exam every 3 years

Front 5

gynecomastia

Back 5

male enlargement of breast tissue occurring during puberty

Front 6

dimpling

Back 6

-aka skin tether
-skin retraction
-pre-cancerous

Front 7

edema
aka Peau d'Orange

Back 7

-lyphatic obstruction produces edema
-thickens skin,
-suggests cancer

Front 8

fixation

Back 8

-asymmetry, distortion, or decreased mobility with elevated arm maneuver.
-cancerous

Front 9

benign breast disease
aka fibrocystic breast disease

Back 9

-multiple tender masses
-swelling, tenderness (cyclic)
-mastalgia
-nodularity
-dominant lumps
-nipple discharge
-infections/inflammations
-~50% of women have some form
-nodules are bilateral, rubbery, well demarcated, mobile

Front 10

cancer signs in breasts

Back 10

-solitary unilateral nontender mass
-irregular and poorly delineated borders
-grows constantly
-often painless
-most common in upper outer quadrant
-women 30-80 yrs. old

Front 11

fibroadenoma

Back 11

-solitary nontender mass
-benign breast disease
-solid, firm, rubbery, elastic, round, oval or lobulated (1-5cm)
-most common between 15-30 y.o
-BENIGN