Exam 17: Breasts and Axillae

A firm, transverse ridge of compressed tissue is felt bilaterally along the lower edge of a 40-year-old patient's breast. You should:

If your patient has nipple discharge, you will most likely need a:

A 50-year-old woman presents as a new patient. Which finding in her personal and social history would increase her risk profile for developing breast cancer?

Most women with breast cancer:

Male gynecomastia associated with illicit or prescription drug use can be expected to:

A nursing mother complains that her breasts are tender. You assess hard, shiny, and erythemic breasts bilaterally. You should advise the patient to:

Mrs. Weber is a 65-year-old patient who has presented at the clinic with a complaint of a tender breast mass that she discovered during breast self-examination. You have completed a physical examination on Mrs. Weber and have palpated a mass of the right breast in the lower outer quadrant. When providing patient education to Mrs. Weber regarding the breast mass, you will explain that the characteristics of a cancerous mass would be which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

In patients with breast cancer, peau d'orange skin is often first evident:

While examining a 30-year-old woman, you note that one breast is slightly larger than the other. In response to this finding, you should:

You are conducting a clinical breast examination for your 30-year-old patient. Her breasts are symmetric, with bilateral, multiple tender masses that are freely movable and with well-defined borders. You recognize that these symptoms and assessment findings are consistent with:

When conducting a clinical breast examination, the examiner should:

Your patient is a nursing mother who asks you to look at a mole she has under her left breast at the inframammary fold. The mole is nontender and soft and has grown in size since she started nursing. There are no other changes to the mole. This mole probably represents an undiagnosed:

When examining axillary lymph nodes, the patient's arm is:

Montgomery tubercles are most prominent in the breasts of:

Ms. Lawson is a 41-year-old patient who presents for a routine annual examination. During her breast examination, you are also completing a lymphatic examination. Which of the following lymph nodes are examined during a breast examination? (Select all that apply.)

A 23-year-old white woman has come to the clinic because she has missed two menstrual periods. She states that her breasts have enlarged and that her nipples have turned a darker color. Your response to this finding is to: