The term used to describe the benign condition that may have caused Ms. Barker's breast mass is benign breast disease (BBD. BBD is group of noncancerous breast conditions that causes irregular lumps, cysts, sensitive nipples, and itching (bk).According to Sangma, Panda, and Dasiah (2013), BBDs is classified as either pathological or clinical. Pathologically, BBDs is divided into non-proliferative lesions, proliferative lesions without atypia, and atypical proliferative lesions. Clinically, BBDs is categorized as physiologic swelling and tenderness, nodularity, breast pain, palpable lumps, nipple discharge, and infections or inflammation. The classification of BBDs may cause confusion due to a lack of clarity in differentiating between the normal …show more content…
The occurrence in this age group is associated with hormonal changes. On breast surface, a cyst feels soggy to touch and hard when deeply embedded (bk). Other fibrocystic conditions include solid lesions such as adenosis- enlarged breast lobules, epithelial hyperplasia with or without atypia, apocrine metaplasia, radial scar, and papilloma. Cysts cannot reliably be differentiated from solid masses by clinical breast examination or mammography. Thus, an ultrasonography and fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology for diagnosis are regarded as most accurate (Guray & Sahin, …show more content…
DCIS is the most common type of non-invasive breast cancer. In most cases, there are no signs or symptoms caused by DCIS, thus, detected during mammogram as small clusters of calcifications with irregular shapes and sizes. Although it is not life-threatening, DCIS increase the risk of developing an invasive breast cancer later on hence treatment is required immediately. Most women with DCIS are successfully treated with breast-conserving surgery and radiation (Mayo Clinic,
If you've had a mammogram before, the radiologist will compare your old mammogram to the new one to look for changes. While they're looking for possible cancer, your doctors may also come across other structures in the breast that deserve further investigation. Calcifications which are tiny flecks of calcium which look like grains of salt located in the soft tissue of the breast that can sometimes indicate the presence of an early breast cancer. Calcifications usually can't be felt, but they appear on a mammogram. Cystsis another mass found in the breast but unlike cancerous tumors which are solid, cysts are fluid-filled masses in the breast. Cysts are very common, and are rarely associated with cancer. Also fibroadenomas can be found these are movable, solid, rounded lumps made up of normal breast cells. While not cancerous, these lumps may grow. And any solid lump that's getting bigger is usually removed to make sure that it's not a cancer. Fibroads are commonly found in young people. {text:bookmark-start} (Breast Cancer, 2007) {text:bookmark-end} There is some much emphasis on breast cancer in woman. Men can also be diagnosed with breast cancer. It is not as common in men as women but it is possible. Male breast cancer is a rare condition, accounting for only about 1% of all breast cancers. The American Cancer Society estimates that approximately 1690 new cases of male breast cancer will be diagnosed
The patient had pathology results of her breast biopsy of her right and left breast masses to look for any cancerous cells. These suspicious masses were found on her mammogram, so they did a tissue biopsy to have it examined. The pathology result of the right breast tissue biopsy was from the right medial aspect in the upper inner quadrant, and concluded that she had lobular cancer, and invasive and in situ lobular cancer. This means the tumor arises from the milk-producing glands and some of this tumor is infiltrating or invading surrounding tissues which has the risk of metastasizing to other tissues in the body. They also graded this tumor as a grade 1, which has mild dysplasia and looks similar to normal tissues, and usually grows and
When a woman has dense breast tissue, this is not something that can be felt or seen
Currently mammography and ultrasound are basic imaging techniques for detection and localization of breast tumor. Breast Ultrasound is a typically painless medical test that uses reflected sound waves for further evaluation of a breast abnormality or a specific area seen on mammography. Ultrasound can locate and measure abnormalities or changes to determine if a breast lump is solid or filled with fluid. A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast which may find tumors that are too small to feel. Women aged 40 to 74 years should have annual screening mammograms to lower chance of dying from breast cancer(2,15).Mammograms are less likely to find breast tumors in women younger than 50 years. This may
There are no symptoms at the early stages of breast cancer which makes early detection even more difficult. When tumors become large there is an obvious breast mass which is mostly not painful. Symptoms of breast cancer include breast thickening, skin irritation, tenderness, swelling, breast scales, distortion, redness tenderness, nipple retraction and ulceration, There may also be abnormal discharge.
Having any of the symptoms in the breast should result in seeing a doctor to fully understand what is going on, and why it is happening.
If an unusually form of lump forms around the breast area, that issue/need becomes a problem which needs to be solved. To solve the problem or take advantage of the opportunity, the consumer/ patient seeks information regarding potential problem from specialist who then can assist with evaluating alternative. The goal is to find the best response to the problem or opportunity.
Describe the three-pronged approach to early detection of breast masses: mammography, clinical breast exam, and self-awareness.
In the first article by Masheb (2011) the research was performed to determine the difference in the combination of CBT plus a low-Energy-Density diet (CBT+ED) and CBT plus General Nutrition counseling (CBT+GN) for the treatment of BED and help with weight loss. The 50 female participants were put in a computer program to randomly assign them into one of the two groups. The Clinicians doing the therapy were experienced in CBT in patients with eating disorders. The CBT+ED treatment was performs by weekly one-hours sessions on 40 minute CBT and 20 minute ED for the first 16 weeks and every other week one-hour sessions the following weeks until week 26. The CBT+GN treatment was performs by weekly one-hours sessions on 40 minute CBT and 20 minute GN for the first 16 weeks and every other week one-hour sessions the following weeks until week 26. At the end of the 26 week, the patients were sent home and a 12-month follow-up session was conducted. The primary outcomes measured were the amount of subjects who experiences a 5% weight loss, binge remission, energy density, and serving of fruits and vegetables (1).
The term fibrocystic breast disease is used to describe the benign condition that may have caused Ms. Barker's breast mass. Whether a mass is solid or cystic, a benign mass is usually three-dimensional, mobile and smooth. Borders to the mass are not irregular (Sharma, Dave, Sanadya, Sharma & Sharma, 2010). Ms. Barker has lobular hyperplasia. Furthermore, abnormal cells can increase complexity when they grow inside the lobules of the the breast but do not spread or metastasize (McCance & Huether, 2014). This condition is known as lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). Although LCIS is not invasive cancer, it increases the risk of getting invasive breast cancer in either breast (Types of breast cancers, 2016). Often around menses women develop fibrocystic breasts. There are often lumps noted that quickly disappear with menses, however in lobular fibrocystic breast disease lumps are found in the milk producing glands. Breast cysts are common with approximately over 1/3 of the women 35-50 having cysts (Breast lumps, 2016).
Fibrocystic breast changes are changes that can cause breasts to become swollen or painful. These changes occur when tiny sacs filled with fluid form in the breast. This is a common condition. It does not mean that you have cancer. It usually happens because of changes brought about by a woman's monthly period.
women normal breast tissue have a density of carcinoma. It very difficult to tell which is
Breast physical exam – help to find lumps that women may miss with their own
It appears in the form of lumps mostly near the nipples. It is a tendency common among women who are mid aged. It is mainly characterised by a solitary lump large in size or several lumps of smaller size. However, smaller series of lumps far away from the nipples are tumours which are called multiple papillomas and chances of cancer remains in this case.