Eponyms
The pulling of these cause the skin dimpling in peau d'orange
What are Cooper's ligaments?
Damage to this nerve causes the above palsy.
What is the long thoracic nerve?
First line targeted therapy for HER2/neu receptor + cancers.
What is Trastuzumab/Herceptin?
This lesion presenting as cluster of calcifications on mammography.
What is DCIS?
Most common breast lesion in adolescents and young women.
What is fibroadenoma?
Scaly skin lesion on nipple indicating underlying malignancy.
What is Paget's disease?
The most common organism responsible for pictured condition.
What is Staph aureus?
This test helps guide decision making for cytotoxic chemotherapy in patients with ER+/Her2-, N0 breast cancer.
What is an Oncotype?
Considered a marker for the development of breast cancer. If found on biopsy patient has increased chance of getting breast cancer in BOTH breasts.
What is LCIS?
MCC of bloody nipple discharge.
What is intraductal papilloma?
The management of this condition is warm compress and NSAIDs.
What is Mondor's disease
Patients with this syndrome typically appear years after surgery.
What is Stewart-Treves syndrome?
Hormonal therapy of choice for ER+ breast cancer in post-menopausal women.
What are aromatase inhibitors (anastrozole, letrozole)?
Lumpectomy and post-op radiation. Margins needed for DCIS is 2mm; IDC is "no ink on tumor".
What is BCT?
A score of 20% or higher on this calculator classifies you as "high risk" for breast cancer.
What is Tyrer-Cuzick risk calculator.
This allows direct hematogenous metastasis of breast cancer to the spine.
What is Batson's plexus?
Treatment for this breast cancer includes neodjuvant chemotherapy, then MRM, then XRT.
What is inflammatory breast cancer?
Indications include clinically positive lymph node, inflammatory breast cancer, axillary recurrence.
What is axillary lymph node dissection?
BI-RADS classification of a probably benign finding.
What is BI-RADS 3?
This commonly ordered breast imaging is contraindicated in pregnancy.
What is breast MRI?
Hypoplasia of chest wall, amastia, hypoplastic shoulder, no pectorals muscle.
What is Poland's syndrome?
The margins needed for the above pictured breast lesion.
What is 1cm?
>4 nodes, skin or chest wall involvement, positive margins, tumor >5cm, inflammatory cancer
What are indications for XRT after mastectomy?
Patients with this diagnosis are recommended to pursue bilateral mastectomy and BSO.
What is BRCA mutation.
What is triple negative breast cancer?