Transcript Mammography
MAMMOGRAPHY
Spring 2011
MAMMOGRAPHY FACTS
____
in _____ women who live to _____ will develop
breast cancer
Most
common malignancy in women, only lung
cancer kills more women
_______________________________________________
Before
Mammo fewer than_____ of pt’s survived
___years after diagnosis with a ________recurrence
With a radical mastectomy survival increased to______
with a _______________recurrence
GOAL OF MAMMOGRAPHY
Detect cancer before it is ________________
Early detection, __________________ and treatment is
the key to a favorable ________________
HOW WOULD YOUR FAMILY FEEL
WITH YOU MISSING FROM THE
FAMILY PICTURE?
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT
YOUR FATHER, BROTHER OR
MOTHER MISSING FROM THE
FAMILY PICTURE?
ANATOMY OF THE BREAST
Vary in ________________
Cone shaped with the post
surface (base) overlying the
_______& _______ muscles
Axillaries tail extends from
________ to ____________
Tapers ant. from the base
ending in ______________
surrounded by areola
FEMALE BREAST
Consists
of _______
lobes
Divide into several
lobules
Lobules contain
_____ draining ducts
and ______________
By _______________
years each breast
contains hundreds of
lobules
LYMPH NODES
Lymphatic
vessels of
the breast drain
laterally and
medially
______ into the axillary
_________ into the
mammary lymph
nodes
lymph nodes (C & D)
______drain toward
axilla
_______toward
mammary chain (F)
QUADRANTS OF THE BREAST
3 TISSUE TYPES
BREAST CHANGES WITH AGE
BREAST CLASSIFICATIONS
FIBRO-GLANDULAR BREAST
Fibro-glandular
Dense with very little
fat
Females ___________
years of age
Or ______ years or older
without children
__________________
FIBRO-FATTY BREAST
________________
Average density
_______ fat &
_______fibro-glandular
Women ________years of
age
Or women with ________
or more children
FATTY BREAST
Fatty
____________ density
Women
__________________
(postmenopausal),
men and children
POSITIONING
OUCH! WHY COMPRESSION?
Two
Reasons:
Decrease __________
of breast tissue
Reduce ____________
CRANIO- CAUDAD :CC
DIAGRAM OF PROPER CC
POSITIONING
CC IMAGES
MEDIO-LATERAL
OBLIQUE:
MLO
MLO DIAGRAM FOR
PROPER POSITIONING
MLO PROPERLY POSITIONED
BILATERAL MLO
BREAST IMPLANTS
ARE THEY WORTH IT?
COMPLICATION WITH BREAST
AUGMENTATION
Mammography has a__________ true positive rate for
detecting breast cancer in those women without
implants
Decreases to _________with implants
Because__________________ of breast tissue is obscured
More images are needed than the standard two
projections
There is a risk of ______________________ the implant
ELKLAND METHOD FOR IMAGING
WITH BREAST IMPLANTS
IMAGE COMPARISON
WHICH IS THE PUSH BACK
(ELKLAND)?
MALE MAMMOGRAPHY AND
CANCER
MALE MAMMOGRAPHY
___________ men get breast cancer per year
__________die
Most are _________________ years or older
Nearly all are primary tumors
Symptoms include:
___________________
___________________
___________________
___________________
_______________________________
Benign excessive development of male mammary
gland
Occurs in ___________________ of male cancer pt’s
Survival rates with treatment are_______ for ___years
CONE MAGNIFICATION
CONE MAGNIFICATION
DIGITAL VS. FILM
LOCALIZATION OF
NON-PALPABLE LESIONS
LOCALIZATION
__________________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________________
ADVANTAGES OF STEREOTACTIC
Procedure done in __________________________
Approx. 1 hour long
___________________________inch long incision
No _______________________________ needed
No general anesthesia
Less _____________________________ scarring
No recovery time
CONTRAINDICATIONS
_________________________ near area of biopsy.
Breast lesion ____________________to chest wall.
Patient is on blood thinners such as ___________,
______, ________ which can result in hemorrhage
.
Patient has medical condition in which they
cannot lie prone for an hour or so.
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BREAST SPECIMEN RADIOGRAPHY
_______________
______________________
OTHER INVASIVE BREAST
PROCEDURES
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GALACTOGRAPHY / DUCTOGRAPHY
INDICATIONS OF GALACTOGRAPHY
Nipple
Discharge
______, ________, __________, _________&___________
Can be considered benign or malignant
Approx ________________bloody discharges = cancer
Other causes can be a ______________________ (shows as a
filling defect on film)
_________________discharge more worrisome than if
discharge must be expressed manually
______________________________________
____________
Could
defect
be an
indication of
________________
OTHER IMAGING MODALITIES
__________________________________
BREAST ___________________
MRI VS MAMMO
MRI VS. MAMMO
DIGITAL VS. CONVENTIONAL
DIGITAL VS. CONVENTIONAL