Disorders of the Breast
APGO Educational Objectives
Rationale: Every physician should understand the basic approach to evaluating the common symptoms associated with the breast.
The student will be able to:
- Describe:
- Standards of surveillance of an adult woman, including breast self-examination, physical examination, and mammography
- Diagnostic approach to a woman with the chief complaint of breast mass, nipple discharge, or breast pain
- History and physical findings that might suggest the following abnormalities:
- Intraductal papilloma
- Fibrocystic changes
- Fibroadenoma
- Carcinoma
- Mastitis
- Teach a woman how to perform breast self-examination
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