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Sonographic Evaluation of the Breast Quiz

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1. Breast cancer is the ________ leading cause of death in women.

first

second

third

fourth

2. Breast cancer mortality rate has been _________ during the past few years.

increasing slowly

status quo

decreasing

increasing rapidly


3. The normal size of the lobar collecting ducts are:

.05mm

.09mm

1.0cm

2.0mm


4. The fat, Cooper's ligaments, connective tissue, blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatics are found in which layer or zone:

retromammary

parenchyma

subcutaneous

subareolar


5. Sonographically, the breast may be characterized by:

homogeneous parenchyma pattern

inhomogeneous parenchymal pattern

highly echogenic parenchymal pattern

dense internal echoes


6. Cooper's ligaments are best characterized as:

low reflectivity in the retromammary layer

high reflectivity in the retromammary layer

echogenic line interfaces in the subcutaneous layer

homogeneous reflections in the parenchyma


7. The retromammary layer is sonographically imaged as:

hyperechoic

dense

hypoechoic

high reflectivity


8. The most important signs to look for in determining a cystic lesion of the breast include all except:

well-defined borders

disruption of architecture

increased through transmission

anechoic


9. Clinical findings of lumpy, painful, tender breasts that vary with monthly cycles usually represents:

carcinoma

fibrocystic disease

mastitis

adenoma


10.The characteristic findings of a papilloma of the breast include all except:

no disruption of architecture

well-circumscribed solid mass with microcalcifications

single or multiple

sonolucent cystic lesions with medium level encapsulated component


11. The most common solid benign tumor of the breast is:

fibrocystic disease

papilloma

lipoma

fibroadenoma


12. The most characteristic finding of a fibroadenoma is:

well-define border

uniform, low-level homogeneous echoes

increased through transmission

disruption of architecture


13. In patients with multiple primary cancer, the risk increases for developing cancer in the contralateral breast.

true

false


14. Characteristic findings of malignant breast disease include all except:

attenuation of sound

irregular margins

strong posterior margin

inhomogeneous low-level internal echo pattern with calcifications


15. Skin dimpling may be due to:

mastitis

retraction of tissue secondary to tumor infiltration

enlarged ducts

thrombosis of arterial vessels


16. The most common location for breast masses to occur is:

upper outer quadrant

upper inner quadrant

lower outer quadrant

lower inner quadrant


17. Metastases to the breast may be from all the primary tumors except:

melanoma

ovarian carcinoma

leukemia/ lymphoma

pancreatic carcinoma


18. Acoustic shadowing is always indicative of malignancy.

true

false


19. The most common type of malignancy is:

noninvasive breast carcinoma

invasive breast carcinoma


20. The size of a breast cyst may change with the menstrual cycle.

true

false