ESSAY QUESTIONS
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A 20 year old female presented with a painless slowly growing freely mobile solitary lump in the lower part of her left breast. On examination, the nipple is normal. The lump is not fixed to the overlying skin. No axillary lymph nodes are palpable.
a.What is the provisional diagnosis?
b.Discuss various investigations to confirm your final diagnosis
c. Describe the gross and microscopic picture of the lesion.
(Answer: Fibroadenoma) (NTRUHS JULY, 2016)
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A 45 year old lady presented with a painless swelling in the left breast for 3 months duration. On examination the swelling was firm, fixed to the overlying skin. Left axillary lymph nodes were enlarged. Fine needle aspiration of the swelling showed loosely cohesive cells with pleomorphic hyperchromatic nuclei and prominent nucleoli
a) What is your diagnosis
b) Describe the etiopathogenesis of this condition
c)How will you classify this condition?
d)what are prognostic factors for this condition?
(Answer: Breast carcinoma) (NTRUHS JULY, 2015)
3) 40 year old female presented with lump in the breast. The lump is hard and adhered to the underlying structures and axillary lymphnodes are enlarged
a) What is the provisional diagnosis?
b) How do you classify them?
c) Discuss the etiology and pathogenesis of the lesion.
(Answer: Breast carcinoma) (RGUHS Dec 2018, NTRUHSAug, 2010)
4) A 52 year old female presented with lump in the right breast which was noticed 6 months back. On examination of lump, it was firm-hard, fixed to underlying structures &skin with 5 palpable lymphnodes in the right axilla. After FNAC she underwent mastectomy.
a. What is your probable diagnosis?
b. Describe the etiopathogenesis of the condition.
c.Write the morphology of the lesion in the breast.
(Answer: Breast carcinoma) (RGUHS – Jan 2009)
SHORT QUESTIONS
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Classify tumors of breast. Write in brief about Fibroadenoma (SVIMS, May 2024)
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Write about Fibroadenoma of the breast (YSRUHS April 2024)
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Classification of breast carcinoma. Discuss any one type in detail (NTRUHS, Dec 2022)
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Prognostic factors of breast carcinoma (NTRUHS Feb 2022, May 2007, RGUHS- Jun 2009)
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Medullary carcinoma breast (NTRUHS, March 2021)
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Fibroadenoma (MU Pondicherry, Nov 2019)
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Phyllodes tumor of breast (RGUHS- Dec 2018, Jun 2009, Jan 2012)
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Fibro-Cystic disease of breast. (NTRUHS Jan 2013, RGUHS- Jun 2010)
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Microscopic types of breast cancer (NTRUHS Jan, 2016)
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Medullary carcinoma breast. (NTRUHS Jan, 2011, Aug 2009)
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Paget’s disease of breast (NTRUHS Oct, 2008, RGUHS- Dec 2009)
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Classification of breast tumours (NTRUHS Oct-2005)
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Histological types of breast carcinoma (NTRUHS April, 2004)
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Morphology of Lobular carcinoma of breast (RGUHS- Jan 2009)
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Gross and microscopy of medullary carcinoma of breast (RGUHS- Jul 2008)
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Carcinoma in situ of breast (RGUHS- Dec 2013)
VERY SHORT QUESTIONS
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Describe the gross and microscopy of medullary carcinoma breast (SVIMS, Oct 2021)
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Name four prognostic factors of breast cancer (NTRUHS Feb 2019, Feb 2018)
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Microscopic features of Lobular carcinoma (RGUHS Dec 2018)
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Paget’s disease of Nipple – Gross and microscopic picture (NTRUHS Jan 2014, Sep 2007, RGUHS- Jan 2009, Dec 2010)
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Paget disease of Breast (NTRUHS Jan, 2012)
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Phyllodes tumour (NTRUHS April 2008, Feb 2009, RGUHS- Dec 2013)
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Morphology of Phyllodes tumor(RGUHS- Jun 2011)
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Fibrocystic disease of the breast (NTRUHS March 2003, RGUHS- Jan 2009)
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Fibroadenoma of breast (RGUHS- Jun 2009)
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Diagrammatically illustrate the two microscopic patterns of fibroadenoma (NTRUHS Jan 2013)
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Name the benign tumors of the breast (NTRUHS Jun 12)
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Gross morphology of Breast cancer (RGUHS- Jun 2013)
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Gynecomastia (RGUHS- Jan2008, Jun 2009, Dec 2012)
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Morphology of Duct papilloma of breast (RGUHS- Dec 2012)
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Microscopy of Scirrhous carcinoma of breast (RGUHS- Dec 2011)
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Spread of Breast cancer (RGUHS- Jun 2010)
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Enumerate 4 risk factors of breast cancer (RGUHS- Dec 2009)
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Morphology of infiltrating duct carcinoma (RGUHS- Jun 2010)
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Etiology of breast cancer (RGUHS- Jan 2008)