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The mass is palpated for
- size
- tenderness
- consistency (ie, hard or soft, smooth or irregular)
- borders (well-defined or nondiscrete)
- mobility (whether it feels freely mobile or fixed to the skin or chest wall).
What would you say about breast mass?
- a distinct mass with well-defined edges.
- a part of your breast that is hard and firm.
- a part of your breast that is thicker and slightly more noticeable than the rest of the breast tissue.
- Other breast alterations include skin pitting, dimpling, or redness.
What are the characteristics of breast cancer mass?
- Breast cancer may be present in a painless, firm, asymmetrical, and dissimilar to the surrounding breast tissue breast lump.
- The skin over the tumor may appear red, pitted, or dimpled like orange skin.
- You might notice a change in the size and contour of your breasts or nipple discharge.
What serves as the breast assessment's primary goal?
- To ascertain if the breasts are normal or abnormal is the purpose of the breast examination.
- If the test results are abnormal, one or more of the following procedures—surgery consultation, reexamination at a different point in the menstrual cycle, mammography, and perhaps ultrasound—may be advised.
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