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The normal adult breast primarily consists of _____ and ___ tissue, as well as some rudimentary subareolar ducts.
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fat and connective tissue |
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Symptoms leading to male breast examination include?
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-tenderness -palpable lump -nipple discharge |
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The most frequent benign disorder in the male breast is?
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gynecomastia |
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Gynecomasia is?
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represents non-neoplastic male breast enlargement and is the most common breast disorder |
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Causative factors for gynecomastia?
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-systemic disorders -drug-medication induced -estrogen producing neoplasm -idopathic |
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What form of gynecomastia is most common?
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pubertal gynecomastia, affects up to 60% of young males |
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Clinical features of gynecomastia?
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-subareolar thickening -palpable, firm, subareolar tender lump |
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Sono features of gynecomastia?
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-hypoechoic to hyperechoic triangular shaped region extending from nipple into breast core -prominent hypoechoic subareolar ducts by hyperechoic periductal fibrous tissue -increase in subcutaneous fat |
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Pseudogynecomastia results from?
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increase deposition of subcutaneous fat and is bilateral |
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Pseudogyecomastia is most common in ?
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obese males |
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Male breast cancer usually presents in ? |
-older aged men |
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Risks factors for male breast cancer?
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-exposure to ionizing radiation -cryptorchidism (undescended testie) -testicular injury -Kline Felter syndrome -Cowden's syndrome -mumps prchitis -family history of breast cancer -chronic diseases (cirrhosis, AIDS, malnutrition) |
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Clinical features of male breast cancer? |
-subareolar location most common, just eccentric to nipple -nipple and skin retraction, possible ulceration -possible nipple discharge, often bloody or seroganguinous |
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Male breast cancer occurs most often in what region? |
subareolar |
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Sono features of male breast cancer? |
-may be taller-than-wide -speculated or angular mass, thick echogenic halo, shadowing -may present as circumscribed, hypoechoic mass -occasionally complex appearing if central necrosis or intracystic cancer with sound enhancement |
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Male breast metastases include?
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-melanoma -lymphoma -lung -bladder |