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L31- Breast Pathology I Flashcards

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Breast Development:

  • (1) status at birth
  • (2) occurs at menarche
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1- not fully formed

2- terminal duct development + inc in interlobular stroma

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breast changes during menstrual cycle

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  • quiescent in follicular phase

- vacuolization and edema in secretory phase

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breast changes during pregnancy, postpartum

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Pregnancy- functional and mature development

Postpartum- incomplete regression + further involution after 30 y/o

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breast changes during menopause

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  • lobular atrophy

- interlobular stroma becomes fatty

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Breast Tissue, list the main structures: base, supportive structures, functional structures

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Base: sits on Pectoralis Major muscle

Functional: lobules (+ extralobular, intralobular ducts) –> terminal ducts –> large duct

Support: intralobular and interlobular stroma

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describe structure and composition of breast lobule

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(produces milk)

  • acinus is lined with cuboidal secretory cells
  • initial duct is lined with centroacinar cells
  • lobule leads into terminal duct
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describe the layers of breast ducts (include functions)

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(outside in)
-BM (basement membrane)

  • myoepithelial cells: assist in milk ejection during lactation + structural support to lobules
  • luminal epithelial cells: produces milk during lactation
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define these breast congenital anomalies:

  • (1) Polythelia
  • (2) Polymastia
  • (3) Amastia
  • (4) Inversion of nipple
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1- accessory nipples, supernumerary nipples

2- accessory true mammary gland (can have same pathologies as normal breasts)

3- absence of breast

4- unilateral or bilateral, failure of nipple eversion – often mistaken for cancer

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name the congenital anomaly:

  • (1) absence of breast
  • (2) accessory mammary glands
  • (3) accessory nipples
  • (4) often mistaken for breast CA
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1- amastia
2- polymastia
3- polythelia
4- inverted nipple

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list the types of Breast clinical presentations

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Lumps / Nodules: CAs, fibroadenoma, cysts

Pain (mastodynia): 95% are benign – infection, trauma, ruptured cyst, hormones

Discharge:

  • milky: pituitary adenoma, hypothyroidism, drugs
  • serous/bloody: papilloma, cyst, pregnancy
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list the breast symptoms by frequency (high to low)

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  • lumpiness / ‘other symptoms’
  • pain (mastodynia)
  • palpable mass
  • nipple discharge
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describe the most common clinical presentations of breast cancer (by symptom, high to low frequency)

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Asymptomatic / Abnormal Mammogram
palpable mass
mastodynia
nipple discharge

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what are the main breast investigations

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(mainly imaging)
Mammogram: screening
-densities / calcifications (small, irregular, clustered –> worrisome) are breast cancer signs

  • US
  • MRI
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list the many techniques for sampling breast specimen and processing samples

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  • FNAC (fine-needle aspiration cytotology)
  • excision biopsies
  • Mastectomies (simple skin sparing, only areola-nipple complex)
  • Radical Mastectomy- includes Pec major muscles
  • Modified Radial Mastectomy: includes axillary LNs
  • Subcutaneous mastectomy (w/o skin, for men)
  • Prophylactic Mastectomy
  • Therapeutic Mastectomy
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Galactocele, aka (1):

  • (2) definition
  • (3) symptoms
  • (4) complication
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1- lacteal cyst, milk cyst

2- cystic dilatation after lactation b/c of obstructed duct during lactation

3- painful fluctuant lump (obstruction of lactiferous ducts)

4- infection- persistent induration / pain

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what are the DDx for clinical presentation of breast pain and tenderness

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Inflammatory Disorders

  • acute mastitis (abscess)
  • mammary duct ectasia
  • traumatic fat necrosis
  • reaction to implants
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Acute Mastitis:

  • usually occurs during (1)
  • (2) is the brief mechanism
  • (3) general Sxs
  • (4) general Tx
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1- breast feeding

2- cracks/fissure + infection (Staph. spp or Strep. spp)

3- red painful breast, fever

4- antibiotics, rarely surgical drainage

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describe the specific Sxs of acute mastitis depending on causal organism

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Staph. spp: small, localized under nipple –> may leave indurated scar

Strep. spp.: whole breast, marked swelling and tenderness –> heals w/o scar

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Duct Ectasia:

  • aka (1)
  • commonly occurs during (2)
  • clinical presentation mimics (3)
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1- plasma cell mastitis

2- 40-50 y/o around menopause

3- mimics carcinomas clinically and radiographically

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Duct Ectasia clinical presentation

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  • peri-areolar mass
  • induration, thick greenish brown nipple discharge
  • skin/nipple retraction
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Duct Ectasia histological changes

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  • Ducts are inspissated secretion, dilatation, rupture
  • chronic granulomatous inflammatory reaction
  • ducts are lined filled by granular debris, lipid laden macrophages
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Dust Ectasia pathogenesis:

  • (1) occurs first to elicit (2) response
  • (3) results from the (2) response
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1- dilated duct rupture

2- inflammatory response –> plasma cells, lymphocytes, macrophages –> granulomas

3- large dilated distorted duct with large amounts of fibrosis with inflammatory cells

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Traumatic Fat Necrosis:

  • (1) causes / frequency of occurrence
  • (2) clinical presentation
  • (3) histological appearance
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1- possible h/o trauma / breast surgery —- uncommon

2- painless, palpable mass with skin thickening / retraction (mimics carcinoma)

3- fat necrosis, cholesterol clefts, neutrophils, lipid laden macrophages —-> lymphocytes, fibrosis, cysts +/- calcifications

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Breast implants are made of (1), and (2) are the possible complications

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1- paraffin, silicone

2- abscess, foreign body granuloma, fistula

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describe the grouping of epithelial breast lesions
(RR = relative risk) 1) non-proliferative = simple FCC (fibrocytic changes), RR = 1 2) proliferative disease w/o atypia, RR = 1.5-2 3) proliferative disease w/ atypia, RR = 4-5 - ADH (atypical ductal hyperplasia, ALH (atypical lobular hyperplasia)
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FCC: - mainly affects (1) age group, and affects (2)% of women - (3) clinical features
Firocystic Changes 1- reproductive age (may persist after menopause) 2- ~50% 3- lumpiness (lumpy bumpy), pain, tenderness: continuous or cyclical -mammographic densities, calcifications
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FCC: - (1) pathogenesis - (2) morphology - (3) radiological appearance
Fibrocystic Changes 1- exaggerated / distorted cyclical changes, associated with changes in menstrual cycle 2- cysts, fibrosis, adenosis = blue dome ysts 3- Mammography: micocalcifications in concretions of secretions or necrotic epithelial cell heaps (mistaken for carcinoma)
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describe each of the histological changes seen in FCC
(Fibrocystic Changes) Cystic: -small cysts, formed from dilatation / unfolding of lobules -unopened cyst with turbid / semi-translucent fluid --> brown/blue color --> Blue Dome Cyst -lined with apocrine cells: round nuclei, abundant cytoplasm -luminal calcifications --> forms secretory debris Fibrosis: cystic rupture --> secretory material on adjacent stroma --> chronic inflammation + fibrosis (=> palpable breast firmness) Adenosis: inc acini per lobule (usually occurs in pregnancy, focal change in adenosis)
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Proliferative breast disease w/o atypia: - (1) histological appearance - (2) mammographic appearance - (high/low) risk of carcinoma development
(aka radial scar or complex sclerosing lesion) 1: -Epithelial Hyperplasia- inc number of luminal and myoepithelial cells -inc acini containing double strands of cells -hard rubbery mass on palpation 2- (usually incidental on mammography) densities, calcifications that mimic carcinoma 3- low
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Proliferative breast disease w/o atypia -- Intraductal Papilloma: - arises from (1), and has (2) physical description - (3) describe large type - (4) describe small type
1- lumen of large duct 2- single, <1cm in size 3- solitary, situated in lactiferous sinuses of nipple, bloody discharge 4- multiple, deeper w/in ductal system
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Proliferative breast disease w/o atypia -- Intraductal Papilloma: clinical presentation
- small sub-areolar palpable masses, density, or calcification on mammogram - Nipple Discharge: serous/bloody discharge, nipple retraction
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Proliferative breast disease w/o atypia -- Intraductal Papilloma: describe histological changes
- delicate branching papillae in lumen - fibrovascular core - double layer of epithelial cells - NO atypia, mitosis If multiple = recurrence and In risk of cancer -management = excision of whole duct system
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list the Proliferative breast diseases w/ atypia
Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia (usually incidental finding)
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list the types of breast tumors
Stromal: fibroadenoma, phyllodes tumor Intraductal papilloma and papillary carcinoma Carcinoma
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(1) is the most common breast tumor, it is (benign/malignant). It is related to (3) as risk factors and is associated with (4).
1- fibroadenoma (stromal tumor) 2- benign 3- excess estrogen, prepubertal / young women, certain drugs (cyclosporin) 4- FCC (fibrocystic changes)
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Fibroadenoma clinical features
-single / multiple discrete, mobile, encapsulated nodules 1-10cm - may enlarge with menstration, pregnancy - may regress with menopause - large lobulated popcorn calcification - small clustered calcification on mammogram (requires biopsy to exclude CA)
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fibroadenoma development is closely associated with.....
(FCC) cysts larger than 0.3cm, sclerosing adenosis, epithelial calcification, papillary apocrine changes (complex fibroadenoma)
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describe the histological features of fibroadenoma
- stromal cell tumor - loose edematous myxoid fibroblastic stroma + duct like epithelial lined spaces (cyst like) i) Peri-canalicular: oval ducts surrounded by stroma ii) Intra-canalicular: elongated, compressed, distorted ducts iii) mixed pattern Pattern => no clinical significance
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Phyllodes tumor = (1): - (2) size / location - mostly affects (3) age group - mostly (benign/malignant) - (5) Tx
``` (stromal tumor of breast) 1- Cystosarcoma Phyllodes 2- few cm to massive lesion involving entire breast -- palpable mass usually 3- 40-60 y/o females 4- benign 5- wide local excision w/o LN dissection ```
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Phyllodes tumor histological features
- lobulated, cut surface slits / cleft-leaf like - nuclear pleomorphisms, cellularity, mitotic rate, stromal overgrowth, infiltrative border Majority low grade- local recurrence issues Rare high grade- aggressive behavior w/ hematogenous metastasis / differentiation (rhabdomyosarcoma, liposarcoma)
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describe Phyllodes tumor types
Benign: zonal hypercellularity, mild atypia stromal cells, no stromal overgrowth, mitosis <5/HPF, pushing borders Borderline: zonal hypercellularity, moderate atypia stromal cells, no stromal overgrowth, mitosis 5-10/HPF, pushing borders Malignant: zonal hypercellularity, moderate atypia stromal cells, stromal overgrowth, mitosis >10/HPF, infiltrative borders

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