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****Lobular carcinoma in situ(LCIS)
****Lobular carcinoma in situ(LCIS)
***Previous history of radiotherpy
***Previous history of radiotherpy
*Inflammatory lumps<ref name="pmid3307689">{{cite journal| author=Lang AP, Luchsinger IS, Rawling EG| title=Filariasis of the breast. | journal=Arch Pathol Lab Med | year= 1987 | volume= 111 | issue= 8 | pages= 757-9 | pmid=3307689 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3307689  }} </ref><ref name="pmid8629415">{{cite journal| author=Varghese R, Raghuveer CV, Pai MR, Bansal R| title=Microfilariae in cytologic smears: a report of six cases. | journal=Acta Cytol | year= 1996 | volume= 40 | issue= 2 | pages= 299-301 | pmid=8629415 | doi=10.1159/000333755 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8629415  }} </ref>
**Associated to personal habit and disease pattern
***Infective lumps
****Lactational mastitis or abscess
****Non-lactational mastitis
*****Periductal mastitis in chronic smokers
*****Lobular mastitis in tuberculosis and parasitic infection
***Non-infective lumps such as chronic granulomatous infection


==References==
==References==

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Overview

[Disease name] must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [clinical feature 1], [clinical feature 2], and [clinical feature 3], such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

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[Disease name] must be differentiated from [[differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].

Differentiating Breast lumps from other Diseases

Breast lumps must be differentiated from other diseases such as malignancy, cysts, inflammation and non-inflammatory solid lumps.

Breasts symptoms such as nipple discharge and mastalgia require assessment as well [1]

  • Malignancy or breast cancer
    • Associated with following factors [2]
      • geographical area
      • age
      • ethnicity
      • positive family history
      • pathology results such as:
        • Atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH)
        • Atypical lobular hyperplasia(ALH)
        • Lobular carcinoma in situ(LCIS)
      • Previous history of radiotherpy
  • Inflammatory lumps[3][4]
    • Associated to personal habit and disease pattern
      • Infective lumps
        • Lactational mastitis or abscess
        • Non-lactational mastitis
          • Periductal mastitis in chronic smokers
          • Lobular mastitis in tuberculosis and parasitic infection
      • Non-infective lumps such as chronic granulomatous infection

References

  1. Cheung KL, Lam TP (2005). "Approach to a lump in the breast: a regional perspective". Asian J Surg. 28 (1): 65–70. doi:10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60264-5. PMID 15691804.
  2. @article{Collyar2001BreastCA, title={Breast cancer: a global perspective.}, author={Deborah E. Collyar}, journal={Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology}, year={2001}, volume={19 18 Suppl}, pages={101S-105S} }
  3. Lang AP, Luchsinger IS, Rawling EG (1987). "Filariasis of the breast". Arch Pathol Lab Med. 111 (8): 757–9. PMID 3307689.
  4. Varghese R, Raghuveer CV, Pai MR, Bansal R (1996). "Microfilariae in cytologic smears: a report of six cases". Acta Cytol. 40 (2): 299–301. doi:10.1159/000333755. PMID 8629415.

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