Clinical Case: Miss Anderson's Breast Lump
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

  
Ms. Anderson's decisions
  • Ms. Anderson choose no further breast surgery. The surgical report indicated the margins free of disease.
  • She did agree to a axillary lymph node dissection.
    • 2 of 14 regional lymph nodes were found to be positive for metastatic cancer.
  • Because of her positive lymph nodes, she under went a bone and liver scan, but no other evidence of metastatic disease was seen.
  • What is the stage of her disease given what is known?
  
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