Assessing breasts and Lymphatic system

• Breasts

  • Paired mammary glands lie over the muscles of the anterior chest wall, anterior to the pectoralis major and serratus anterior muscles.
• Tail of Spence

  • Upper outer quadrant which extends into the axillary area. Most breast tumors occur here.
• Peau d'orange

  • Resulting from edema, an orange peel appearance of the breast is associated with cancer.
• Paget's disease

  • Redness, mild scaling, and flaking of the nipple may be seen early in the disease of the nipple and then disappear.
• Retracted nipple, dimpling, and retracted breast tissue

  • Malignancy
• Fibroadenomas

  • usually, 1-5 cm, round or oval, mobile, firm, solid, elastic, non-tender, single, or multiple benign masses found in one or both breasts.
• Milk cysts

  • Sacs filled with milk and infections (mastitis), may turn into an abscess and occur if breastfeeding or recently given birth.
• Lipomas

  • Collection of fatty tissue that may also appear as a lump.
• Intraductal papilloma

  • Small growth inside a milk duct of the breast, often near the areola. It is harmless and occurs in women aged 35 to 50.
• Cancerous Tumors

  • Irregular, firm, hard, not defined masses that may be fixed or mobile.
• Fibroadenomas

  • Lesions are lobular, ovoid, or round. They are firm, well defined, seldom tender, and usually singular and mobile.
• Benign Breast Disease

  • Also called fibrocystic breast disease, benign breast disease is marked by round, elastic, defined, tender, and mobile cysts.