Breast Pathology Dj4

Front 1

what typical BENIGN characteristic does a mucinous or colloid ca often demonstrate?
a) smooth, well defined borders
b)hypoechogenicity
c) multiple lobulations
d)posterior acoustic enhancement
e) none of the above

Back 1

d

Front 2

"breast within a breast" appearance

Back 2

hamartoma (fibroadenolipoma)

Front 3

Juvenile fibroadenomas display which of the following characteristics?
a) may displace the nipple
b) they are found in very young patients
c) they grow very slowly, attaining huge dimensions
d) a+b
e) a,b+c

Back 3

d

Front 4

while fibroadenomas grow slowly, juvenile fibroadenomas grow very _____

Back 4

fast (also in pregnant patients)

Front 5

oil cysts may be the result of ______________

Back 5

fat necrosis

Front 6

statistically, the MOST COMMON abnormality involving the breast is ______________

Back 6

fibrocystic disease

Front 7

what is the most common metastatic breast lesion of the breast?
a) from bone
b) from lung
c)from the other breast
d) from liver
5) none of the abovec

Back 7

c

Front 8

which tumors originae from the lining of a lactiferous duct?

Back 8

papillary carcinoma
papilloma

Front 9

typically feeling soft, mobile, fleshy with an US appearance of smooth, non-infiltrating borders, MEDULLARY carcinomas are often confused clinically with ______________

Back 9

fibroadenomas

Front 10

what effect does a benign mass have on the tissue planes

Back 10

none
may compress a fibrous plane

Front 11

which of the following tumors are always considered INVASIVE breast carcinomas?

Back 11

medullary carcinomas

Front 12

a tumor on US is classified as BIRADS category 5. The risk of this lesion being cancerous is greater than
______%

Back 12

90%

Front 13

well defined, thick walled lesion with a few floating internal echoesnand septations are identified on US. This lesion may represent
a) simple cyst
b) complex cyst
c) inflammatory cyst
d) a+b
e) b+c

Back 13

e

Front 14

most common post surgical breast complication: ____________

Back 14

seroma

Front 15

which of the following tumors are known to have a higher change of being malignant when they are greater than 3cm and exhibit cystic spaces?
a- fibroadenoma
b-phyllodes tumor
c- juvenile papilloma
d- hamartoma
e- medullary carcinoma

Back 15

b

Front 16

which type of breast cancer presents histologically with its cells infiltrating surrounding tissue in a uniform, linear arrangement?
a- invasive ductal
b- LCIS
c- DCIS
d-medullary ca
e-none

Back 16

e- none
invasive lobular ca

Front 17

polimastia =

Back 17

accessory breast tissue

Front 18

of all benign breast pathologies, which percentage can be attributed to fibroadenomas? ___%

Back 18

50%

Front 19

phyllodes- vs malignant form

Back 19

phyllodes in
- older women
> 3cm in size
-cystic spaces

Front 20

ACUTE infections of the breast occur most often during ________

Back 20

lactation

Front 21

secondary primaries are?

Back 21

breast ca recurrences

Front 22

cystic lesions smaller than 2mm must be watched, because they are ___________________

Back 22

too small to exhibit all characteristics of a simle cyst

Front 23

"swiss cheese appearance" refers to

Back 23

juvenile papilloma

Front 24

which invasive breast ca has the WORST prognosis?
a-medullary ca
b- invasive ductal ca (NOS)
c- invasive lobular ca
d- paget's disease
e- noe of the above

Back 24

b

Front 25

malignant vascular characteristics:

Back 25

hypervascular, 30 % of its volume made up of vessels

Front 26

LCIS (3 facts)

Back 26

not true cancer
often bilateral
most commonly in pre-menopausal women

Front 27

lipoma vs fibroadenoma: distinguishing characteristic?

Back 27

lipoma is more compressible

Front 28

pt with hx of Burkitt's and multiple, palpable masses in axilla. Poss dx?

Back 28

Lymphoma

Front 29

micro- and macrocystic breast disease make up approx. _____% of all breast lesions identified clinically and/or on mmg

Back 29

25 %

Front 30

most common benign soft tissue breast tumor

Back 30

lipoma

Front 31

most common type of INVASIVE ca

Back 31

invasive ductal ca

Front 32

galactoceles (3 facts)

Back 32

always have post enhancement
may be simple or complex
also known as milk cysts

Front 33

athelia

Back 33

absence of areola and nipple (has breast tissue)

Front 34

tubular adenomas may be differentiated from fibroadenomas by

Back 34

tightly packed punctate calcifications

Front 35

multicentric carcinoma

Back 35

multiple cancers, all formed separately from one another, in different quarters of breast. Rare.

Front 36

which statements are tue for fibroadenomas?
a- firm, immobile, elliptical shaped masses
b- they are most common in 35-50 y/o patients
c- they rarely become malignant
d- a+b
e- a+c

Back 36

not a) FA are mobile
not b) age: 15-35

c!!!! (0.3%)

Front 37

which of the following conditions is/are most commonly precipitated by milk stasis?
a- chronic mastitis
b- acute mastitis
c- puerperal mastitis
d- a+b
e- b+c

Back 37

e