Breasts and Axillae - NURS 190 Physical Assessment
Questions With Complete Solutions
____ of the skin over a mass is usually a visible sign of breast
cancer Correct Answers Dimpling
_____ can detect a cancer before it is detectable by palpation
Correct Answers Mammography
"Lumpy breasts" occuring monthly prior to onset of menses and
resolving at the end of menstruation may be due to benign
condition called Correct Answers fibrocystic breasts
Abnormal growth or inflammation indicated by Correct
Answers -masses
-flattening of the breast in one area
-dimpling
-recent increase in size of one breast
Alcohol intake in excess of ___ drinks a week has been linked to
development of breast cancer Correct Answers 9
American Cancer society recommends that women age 20-39
get a clinical breast examination every ___ years Correct
Answers 3
Are adult breasts symmetrical? Correct Answers Generally
symmetrical but one breast is typically slightly larger than the
other.
, Areolae should be Correct Answers round or oval and nearly
equal in size.
Beginning at age 40 clinical breast exams should be performed
___. Correct Answers annually
Benign Breast Disease (Fibrocystic Breast Disease)
-Subjective
-Objective Correct Answers One of the most common benign
breast problems involving thickening of the normal breast tissue.
S: Breast pain or tenderness that begins immediately before
onset of menses. Resolution of pain at the end of menses.
O: Soft breast lumps well demarcated and freely movable to
palpation. Lumps are almost always bilateral. Nipple discharge
(clear, straw-colored, milky, or green). Cysts may be present
(usually in upper outer quadrant).
Breast cancer is more often diagnosed in ___ women Correct
Answers white
BSE is an option for women to consider beginning at the age of
Correct Answers 20
Carcinoma (Cancer)
-Subjective
-Objetive Correct Answers S: Perceived change in breast size.
Perceived change in breast shape. Irregular shape of one breast
as compared to the other. Breast pain or tenderness. Nipple pain
or tenderness. Nipple itching.
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