Skin Changes Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
What does Peau d’Orange mean?
A
Orange skin
2
Q
What does Peau d’Orange describe?
A
The appearance of the breast when an underlying cancer blocks the drainage of lymph glands
3
Q
What pathology brings on Peau d’Orange?
A
Inflammatory breast carcinoma
- IBC
4
Q
What does Peau d’Orange cause the skin surface to do? (2)
A
- Swell
- Thicken
5
Q
Fibrous ridge
A
Is a pseudomass composed of fibrous tissue, adjacent fatty lobules, making the area seem prominent during palpation
6
Q
What is the most common, palpable pseudomass of the breast?
A
Ridge of fibroglandular tissue
7
Q
What are the 2 types of composition of the breast?
A
- Composed of fibrous tissue surrounded by fatty lobules
- Composed of fibrous tissue that has undergone fibrocystic change surrounded by fatty tissue or lobules
8
Q
What is the most common lesion of the breast?
A
Fibrocystic breast changes
