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Work book chapter 21 Flashcards

1
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Connective tissue septa that connect perpendicularly to the breast lobules and extend out to the skin

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Cooper’s ligaments

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2
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Most superficial of the three layers of the breast

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Subcutaneous layer

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3
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Arm pit

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Axilla

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4
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Glandular (milk-producing) component of the breast lobule

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Acinus (acini)

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5
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Middle layer of the breast tissue that contains the ductal, glandular, and stromal portions of the breast

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Mammary layer

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Smallest functional portion of the breast involving the terminal duct and its associated lobule containing at least one acinus

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Terminal ductal lobular unit

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7
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Differentiated apocrine sweat gland with a functional purpose of secreting milk during lactation

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Breast

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Deepest of the three layers of the breast noted on breast ultrasound

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Retromammary layer

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9
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The pigmented skin surrounding the breast nipple

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Areola

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10
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Normal extension of breast tissue into the axillary region

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Tail of Spence

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Plane of imaging on ultrasound of the breast

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Radial

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12
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Part of breast cancer screening best done at the end of menses each month

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Breast self-exmination

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13
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Plane of imaging on ultrasound of the breast that is perpendicular to the radial plane of imaging

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Antiradial

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14
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Echo texture that is more echogenic than the surrounding tissue

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Hyperechoic

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15
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Type of breast imaging examination that is more intensive than routine screening mamography

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Diagnostic breast imaging

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16
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Finger-like extension of the a malignant tumor

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Spiculation

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17
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Near the chest wall

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Juxtathoracic

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18
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Part of breast cancer screening done by a health care provider

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Clinical breast examination

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Represents the first lymph node along the axillary node chain

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Sentinel node

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20
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Refers to vibrations produced by phonation and felt through the chest wall during palpation

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Fremitus

21
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Without symptoms

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Asymptomatic

22
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Can be felt o clinical examination

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Palpable

23
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Trademark system created by ACR to standardize mamographic reporting terminology, categorize breast abnormalities according the level of suspicion for malignancy, facilitate outcome monitoring

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Breast imaging reporting and data system

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Echo texture that resembles the surrounding tissue

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Isoechoic

25
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Having relatively weak echoes

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Hypoechoic

26
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Preventive care that includes annual screening mammorgraphy (starting at age 40), monthly breast self-examination, and regular clinical breast self- examination

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Breast cancer screening

27
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Cannot be felt on clinical examination

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Nonpalpable

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Without echoes

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Anechoic

29
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Common diagnostic and interventional procedure that involves placing a needle through the skin of the breast into a cystic mass and pulling fluid out of the cyst through the needle

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Cyst aspiration

30
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Descriptive term for skin thickening of a breast that resembles the skin of an orange

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Peau D’ orange

31
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Abnormal proliferation of cells with atypical features involving the TDLU, with an increased likelihood of evolving into breast cancer

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Atypical hyperplasia

32
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Neither considered a true cancer nor treated as such

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Lobular carcinoma in situ

33
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Most common benign solid tumor of the breast, consisting primarily of fibrous and epithelial tissue elements

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Firboadenoma

34
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Hypertrophy of residual ductal elements that persist behind the nipple in the male

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Gynecomastia

35
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Fluid-filled sac of variable size

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Cyst

36
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Overgrowth of the stromal and epithelial elements of the acini within terminal ductal lobular unit (TDLU) of the breast

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Adenosis

37
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Cancer of the lobular epithelium of the breast, arises at the level of the TDLU

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Infiltrating lobular carcinoma

38
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Breast cancer occurring in more than one site within the same quadrant of the same ductal system of the breast

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Multifocal breast cancer

39
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Condition that represents different, essentially normal, tissue processes within the breast that in some patients become exaggerated to the point of raising concern for breast cancer

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Fibrocystic condtion

40
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The pathologist recognizes some, but not all, of the features of ductal carcinoma in situ

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Atypical ductal hyperplasia

41
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Breast cancer occurring in different quadrants of the breast at least 5cm apart

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Multicentric breast cancer

42
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Shows some, but not all, of the features of lobular carcinoma in situ

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Atypical lobular hyperplasia

43
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Echo texture that resembles the surrounding tissue

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Isoechoic

44
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Form of fibrocystic change in which the epithelial cells of the acini undergo alteration

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Apocrine metaplasia

45
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Cancer of the ductal epithelium; most common general category of breast cancer, accounting for approximately 85% of all breast cancers

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Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

46
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Proliferation (hyperplasia) of epithelial cells lining the terminal duct-lobular unit

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Epithelial hyperplasia

47
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Term preferred by many authors to replace LCIS and atypical hyperplasia

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Lobular neoplasia

48
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Surface erosion of the nipple characterized by redness with flaking and crusting caused by direct invasion of the skin of the nipple by underlying breast cancer

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Paget’s disease

49
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Involves two main types of cells (ductal and lobular)

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Breast cancer

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