Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Section 1 Clinical surgery in general
- Section 2 Thorax
- Chapter 2 Applied surgical anatomy
- Chapter 3 Applied surgical physiology: cardiovascular
- Chapter 4 Surgical approaches to the chest
- Chapter 5 The mediastinum and diaphragm
- Chapter 6 The breast: benign and malignant disease
- Section 3 Trunk
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Chapter 6 - The breast: benign and malignant disease
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Section 1 Clinical surgery in general
- Section 2 Thorax
- Chapter 2 Applied surgical anatomy
- Chapter 3 Applied surgical physiology: cardiovascular
- Chapter 4 Surgical approaches to the chest
- Chapter 5 The mediastinum and diaphragm
- Chapter 6 The breast: benign and malignant disease
- Section 3 Trunk
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Summary
What are the four most common causes of a breast lump?
Breast carcinoma,
Fibroadenoma,
Simple breast cyst,
Localized anomaly of breast development and involution (ANDI).
Less common causes include: fat necrosis (where there is a history of trauma), other breast cysts (galactocele, cystadenoma, retention cyst of gland of Montgomery), breast abscess (clinical signs of infection) and lipoma.
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- Information
- MRCS Revision Guide: Trunk and Thorax , pp. 38 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012