Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Venetia Barrett

Theme: Breast Pathology

 

OPTION LIST

 

A	Breast Abscess	I	Invasive ductal carcinoma
B	Duct Ectasia	J	Lactation
C	Ductal carcinoma in situ	K	Paget’s Disease of the breast
D	Eczema of the nipple	L
E	Fat necrosis	M
F	Fibroadenoma	N
G	Fibroadenosis	O
H	Hyperprolactinaemia	P

 

 

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

 

1. A 48-year-old woman presents with red, scaly lesions around the nipple of the right breast.

 

2. A 40-year-old woman presents with a solid painless lump in the left breast, on examination skin tethering is observed.

 

3. A 24-year-old woman presents with intermittently tender, lumpy breasts.

 

4. A 30-year-old woman presents with a solid, mobile and painless mass in the upper, outer quadrant of the left breast.

 

5. A 38-year-old woman presents with a painful palpable mass behind the right areola and creamy yellow discharge from the right nipple.  She is relieved to be told after triple assessment that she has not got cancer.

 

 

 

ANSWERS

1. K

2. I

3. G

4. F

5. B