Anatomy
These structures provide fascial support to the breast and help maintain its normal contour.
What are Cooper ligaments
This minimally invasive treatment may be used for small invasive breast cancers when surgery is not an option.
What is cryoablation
This hormone primarily promotes development of the breast lobules.
What is progesterone?
This term is used to describe a broad spectrum of benign alterations that can occur in breast tissue.
What is fibrocystic change of the breast?
Most of the mammary gland rests upon the connective tissue covering this muscle.
What is the pectoralis major muscle
This type of biopsy removes the entire breast lesion along with a small margin of normal tissue.
What is an excisional biopsy
The abbreviation DCIS stands for this breast pathology.
What is ductal carcinoma in situ
This normal lateral extension of mammary tissue projects toward the axilla
What is the tail of Spence?
This breast-conserving surgical procedure removes a tumor along with a small margin of surrounding normal tissue.
What is a lumpectomy?
These two bacterial genera are the most common causes of breast abscesses.
Staphylococcus and Streptococcus?
This vein is the primary venous drainage pathway of the breast
What is the axillary vein
This type of mastectomy removes all breast tissue while using skin-sparing or nipple-sparing techniques.
What is a subcutaneous mastectomy?
The three primary sensory nerve supplies to the breast include the anterior lateral intercostal nerves, medial intercostal nerves, and this structure.
What is the cervical plexus?