Surgery
High yield
Mastitis or breast cancer
Red, swollen breast: fever and lactation favour mastitis; no fever, peau d'orange and antibiotic failure mean inflammatory cancer.
High yield
34. Mastitis and breast abscess
Lactational and periductal mastitis; ultrasound-guided aspiration and antibiotics for abscess, excluding inflammatory carcinoma.
High yield
35. Benign breast neoplasms and precancerous conditions
Fibroadenoma, cysts, intraductal papilloma and phyllodes tumour; atypical hyperplasia, LCIS and DCIS raise cancer risk.
High yield
36. Breast carcinoma
Most common cancer in women; triple assessment, TNM and receptor status guide surgery, radiotherapy, endocrine, anti-HER2 and chemotherapy.