Name
BREAST CANCER
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : - ADENOMA BREAST - BREAST ABSCESS - FIBROADENOSIS - SIMPLE CYST - GALACTOCELE - LIPOMA - PLASMA CELL MASTITIS - FAT NECROSIS ( RARE ) - TUBERCULOSIS ( RARE ) SWELLINGS THAT ARE NOT OF BREAST - RETROMAMMARY ABSCESS FROM EMPYEMA & RIBS - CHONDROMA OF CHEAST WALL - DEFORMITY OF THE RIBS - MONDORS DISEASEOTHER TESTS : * MRS OF BREAST * ALWAYS SCREEN FOR OVARIAN CANCER ALSO AS BOTH HAVE THE COMMON ETIOLOGICAL FACTORS & COMMON ONCOGEN & GENETIC FACTOR - BRCA1 & BRCA2 GENES
TYPENOTES
* - BRCA1 and BRCA2 GENES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BREAST CANCER & OVARIAN CANCER IN SOME PATIENTS. INVESTIGATE FOR ASSOCIATED OVARIAN CANCER ALSO IF THE GENE IS PRESENT. * - MAMOGRAPHY & FNAC OF THE LUMP IS ADVISEDFACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF BREAST CANCER : - HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY / HORMONE THERAPY - IONIZING RADIATION - OBESITY ESPECIALLY IN POST MENOPAUSAL AGE - ALCOHOL - DOSE DEPENDENT
RELATED DISEASE
[BREAST ABSCESS] , [FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE] , [OVARIAN CANCER] , [BREAST LUMP] , [BREAST PAIN]
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
FNAC, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, PET ( POSITRON EMMISION TOMOGRAPHY ) IMAGING TUMOR, MAMMOGRAM, MRI
[BREAST CANCER]