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BREAST DISEASE
Case #3 -
A 35 year old woman with a swollen, red, tender L breast.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
3.) What workup should you do?

Diagnostic evaluation:


  • Mammogram - diffuse increase in density and skin thickening


  • Breast core needle biopsy - poorly differentiated infiltrating carcinoma with malignant cells in dermal lymphatics

 
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