Breast curriculum
The breast curriculum is one of our curriculum articles and aims to be a collection of articles that represent core breast knowledge.
On this page:
Definitions
Topics pertaining to the breast.
Anatomy
An understanding of the anatomy of relevant structures is essential. Core anatomical topics include:
- ducts
- lobules
- nipple-areola complex
- mammary fat
- muscles
- Cooper's ligaments
- lymph nodes
- accessory breast tissue
Radiological examinations
Radiographic signs
Pathology
- breast lumps
- breast calcifications
-
benign breast lesions/conditions
- breast cysts
- breast hamartoma/fibroadenolipoma
- breast hematoma
- fibrocystic change of the breast
- fibroadenoma
- intraductal papilloma of the breast
- juvenile papillomatosis of the breast
- gynecomastia
- pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia
- radial scar
- sclerosing adenosis of the breast
- steatocystoma multiplex involving the breast
- mammary duct ectasia/plasma cell mastitis
- fat necrosis of the breast
- benign breast lesions/conditions relating to vessels
- breast neoplasms: overview
- borderline breast lesions
- malignant breast lesions
- breast implants
- breast conditions associated with pregnancy
- syndromes involving the breast
Classifications
Procedures
Ultrasound guided
- ultrasound-guided breast cyst aspiration
- ultrasound-guided breast core biopsy
- ultrasound-guided hook-wire insertion
- ultrasound-guided Mammotome™
Stereotactic
MRI
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