{"id":5374,"date":"2017-05-05T12:08:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T04:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/?page_id=5374"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T06:08:15","slug":"ii-main-diseases-of-the-breast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/breast-pathology\/ii-main-diseases-of-the-breast\/","title":{"rendered":"II. Main Diseases of the Breast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p><strong>Main disease categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inflammatory\/Infectious<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Traumatic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Benign epithelial lesions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arise from TDLU, some have increased risk of malignancy<\/li>\n<li>These are subdivided into Proliferative vs Non-proliferative lesions; with or without atypia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Neoplasms<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Benign vs Malignant (in-situ vs invasive)<\/li>\n<li>Which component do they arise from &#8211; epithelium or stroma?<\/li>\n<li>These are often picked up early because of our National Breast Screening Programme<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>Developmental disorders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hormone related conditions <\/strong>(eg. gynaecomastia in males)<\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\tMINDMAP: Broad overview of conditions of the breast\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>If you can&#8217;t play the video, watch it here on YouTube:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4KVl3A8gOvk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4KVl3A8gOvk<\/a><\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/200775153\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h3>\n\t\tMINDMAP: Neoplasms of the Breast\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p>If you can&#8217;t play the video, watch it here on YouTube:<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FbUO5Igsvgk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0https:\/\/youtu.be\/FbUO5Igsvgk<\/a><\/p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/200775162\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/breast-pathology\/i-overview-and-approach\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI. Overview and Approach\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/breast-pathology\/ii-main-diseases-of-the-breast\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tII. Main Diseases of the Breast\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/breast-pathology\/breast-iii-clinicopathologic-correlation\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIII. Clinicopathologic Correlation\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/breast-pathology\/breast-talking-pots-and-slides\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIV. Breast Pathology: Talking Pots and Slides\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/pathweb\/pathology-demystified\/breast-pathology\/breast-quiz\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tV. 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