Benign disease of the breast : diagnosis and treatment / Jaime de la Garza-Salazar, Claudia Arce Salinas and Abelardo Meneses-Garcia, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garza-Salazar, Jaime de la, editor.

Arce-Salinas, Claudia, editor.

Meneses García, Abelardo, editor.

Series:

Medicine and Biology Research Developments (Series Editor - Tsisana Shartava, M.D. - Tbilisi, Georgi

Medicine and Biology Research Developments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Diseases.

Breast.

Breast--Treatment.

Breast--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Benign breast diseases constitute a heterogeneous group of lesions. In this book, common benign lesions are summarized and their relationship to developing subsequent breast cancer is emphasized. The majority of lesions occurring in the breast are benign. As we know, the most common breast malignancy is in women; however, benign lesions of the breast are far more frequent than malignant ones. The majority of the information that we have available in the literature about the nonmalignant breast diseases is fragmented in texts and innumerable articles. The information provided in this book throu

Contents:

""BENIGN DISEASE OF THE BREAST: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT""; ""BENIGN DISEASE OF THE BREAST: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Editorial""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: General Overview of the Benign Diseases of the Breast""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Fibrocystic Mastopathy""; ""2. Fibroadenoma""; ""3. Adenoma of the Breast or Nipple""; ""4. Benign Phyllodes Tumor or Intracanalicular Cellular Fibroadenoma""; ""5. Hamartoma or Fibroadenolipoma""; ""6. Lipomas""; ""7. Fibrous Histiocytoma""

""8. Granular Cell Tumor""""9. Fibromatosis""; ""10. Cutaneous Marginal Zone Tumors""; ""11. Ductal Ectasia""; ""12. Intraductal Papilloma""; ""13. Mammary Cysts""; ""14. Galactocele""; ""15. Other Benign Lesions""; ""Conclusion on the Treatment of Benign Breast Diseases""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Epidemiology""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Epidemiology""; ""Risk Factors""; ""Prevention""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Development, Anatomy, Physiology, and Developmental Abnormalities""; ""Abstract""; ""Development of the Breast""; ""Physiology of the Breast""

""Anatomy of the Breast""""Abnormalities in Breast Development""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Physical Exploration of the Breast""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Anatomy of the Mammary Gland""; ""Experience of the Explorer""; ""Technique""; ""Patient Factors""; ""Characteristics of the Breast""; ""Characteristics of Cancer""; ""Palpation""; ""Position of the Patient""; ""Limits of the Breast""; ""Inspection""; ""Pattern of Exploration""; ""Duration""; ""Regional Lymph Nodes""; ""Final Recommendation (Mammacare Clinical Breast Examination Method)""; ""Teaching the Technique""

""Can Breast Nodules Be Normal?""""References""; ""Chapter 5: Nipple Discharge and Secretions""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Nipple Discharge Classification""; ""Clinical Evaluation of Nipple Discharge""; ""Diagnostic Evaluation""; ""Treatment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 6: Inflammatory Lesions""; ""Abstract""; ""Inflammatory Diseases of the Breast""; ""Breast Infections in Lactating Women""; ""Breast Infections in Nonlactating Individuals""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Chapter 7: Fibrocystic Disease""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Fibrocystic Changes""

""Mammary Cysts""""Adenosis""; ""Radial Scar""; ""Papilloma""; ""Epithelial Hyperplasia""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 8: Superficial and Deep Vascular Lesions""; ""Abstract""; ""Iatrogenic Necrosis""; ""Spontaneous Infarction""; ""Superficial Migratory Thrombphlebitis (Thrombophlebitis Migrans)""; ""Subclavian and Axillary Vein Thrombosis""; ""References""; ""Chapter 9: Proliferative Stromal Lesions""; ""Abstract""; ""Diabetic Fibrous Mastopathy""; ""Clinical Characteristics""; ""Radiologic Findings""; ""PseudoAngiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia (PASH)""; ""References""

""Chapter 10: Benign Tumors of the Breast""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63321-649-7

OCLC:

916949677