Name: Pary Canagir

Theme: Breast Pathology

 

OPTION LIST

 

A

Fine needle aspirate

I
  1. Paget’s disease of the nipple

B

Nulliparity

J
  1. Axillary lymph node metastases

C

Invasive breast carcinoma

K
  1. Oestrogen-receptor positivity

D

Fibroadenoma

L

 

E

Carcinoma in situ- Ductal

M

 

F

Hormone Replacement Therapy

N

 

G

Carcinoma in situ- Lobular

O

 

H

BRCA1 gene

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 47 year-old woman visits her GP after having noticed a lump in the upper outer quadrant of her right breast. The lump is fixed and is not painful on palpation. She is also complaining of back pain.

 

2. A 32 year-old woman presents to her GP with a lump on her left breast which she noticed 8 months ago. The lump is mobile and she noticed it grew more rapidly while she was pregnant with her fourth child.

 

3. A 56-year old female presents with a palpable mass in her left breast. Radiology shows microcalcification.

 

4. A 63 year-old female has noticed reddening around her nipple and describes the skin as scaly.

 

5. Which feature, after histological confirmation of a breast carcinoma, would suggest a worse prognosis?

 

 

ANSWERS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.