No risk Fibroadenoma Cysts Duct ectasia Mild hyperplasia Slightly increased risk (1.5 – 2 times) Moderately increased risk (5 times) Insufficient data to assign risk Moderate / florid/ solid /papillary hyperplasia Atypical ductal / lobular hyperplasia Radial scar lesion Pathology –relative risk of invasive breast cancer - Gist of American College of Pathologists Consensus Statement
Developmental anomalies Athelia -absence of nipple Amazia -absence of breast tissue.asso with poland syndrome POLYMASTIA-common Commonly in axilla Supernumerary nipples-male predominance 1.7:1 Assn. With other syndrome- turne r ,fanconi,ectodermal dysplasia
DIFFUSE HYPERTROPHY Occurs in otherwise healthy girls at puberty Alteration in the normal sensitivity of the breast to estrogen Reduction mammoplasty
Discrete lump Fibroadenoma Giant fibroadenoma Juvenile fibroadenoma Phyllodes tumours Cysts : macrocysts Nodularity Generalised Localised 1. Lump Age incidence of lumps in the breast
Fibroadenoma Types Solitary Few (< 5 / breast ) Multiple (> 5 / breast ) Giant (> 4 / 5 cms) & Juvenile Natural history Majority remain small & static 50% involute spontaneously No future risk of malignancy
Phyllodes tumours C omprise less than 1% of all breast neoplasms May occur at any age but usually in 5th decade of life No clinical or histological features to predict recurrence 16 - 30% may be malignant Common sites of metastasis : l ungs , skeleton, heart, and liver
1. Primary treatment L ocal excision with a rim of normal tissue 2. Recurrence Re excision or M astectomy with or without reconstruction Response to chemotherapy and radiotherapy for recurrences and metastases poor Treatment of Phyllodes tumours
Cysts Common in the West ( 70 % of women ) 50% are solitary cysts 30% 2 - 5 cysts & rest have > 5 cysts Types Apocrine cysts Lined by secretory epithelium Cyst fluid has a Na : K ratio < 3 Likely to have multiple cysts Likely to develop further cysts Non apocrine cysts Cyst fluid has a Na : K ratio >3 Resembles plasma Mixture of both
Management algorithm for c ysts
2. Pain True breast pain Mastalgia Cyclical mastalgia Non cyclical mastalgia True (breast related) Musculoskeletal : costochondral or lateral chest wall Infections Lactational infections Nonlactational infections Central : Periductal mastitis (inflammation, mass, abscess, mammary duct fistula) Peripheral : associated with diabetes, rhuematoid arthritis, steroid usage, trauma etc. Rare : Tuberculosis, Granulomatous mastitis, Diabetic (lymphocytic) mastitis, etc. Skin associated : intertrigo , infected sebaceous cyst, hidradenitis suppurativa etc.
Mastalgia Definition : Pain severe enough to interfere with daily life or lasting over 2weeks of menstrual cycle True breast pain Costo Chondral pain Lateral chest wall pain mild True breast pain Musculo skeletal pain
Assess type of pain Assess severity of pain ( Pain diary + Visual analogue scale ) Evaluation with Triple assessment Treatment : Reassurance is the key to management Use of supportive undergarments Low fat, Methyl xanthine restricted diet Stop Oral contraceptives / HRT etc Review patient. Sucessful in the majority ( 80 – 85 % ) of patients Start drugs in those not responding to nonpharmacological treatment Review and assess response Management protocol for true mastalgia
Drugs of est ablished value in mastalgia
Management protocol for musculo skeletal pain
Nipple discharge Causes of nipple discharge Benign (common) Malignant (less common) Physiological causes Intraductal pailloma and associated conditions Blood stained nipple discharge of pregnancy Galactorrhoea Periductal Mastitis Duct Ectasia In situ carcinoma (DCIS) Invasive carcinoma
Character e stics of nipple discharges
Management o f spontaneous nipple discharge
Galactorrhoea Management : Estimate PRL levels. If very high, evaluate for pituitary lesion Physiological - Reassurance, cessation of stimulation Drug induced - Stop or change drug if possible Pathological - Cabergoline / Bromocriptine, treat cause if possible ( E.G. Pituitary surgery)