Approach to a Palpable Breast Mass - Flowchart
Approach to a Palpable Breast Mass - Flowchart
«Flowchart»

Start

Start

Start

Premenopausal Patient

Premenopausal Patient

Premenopausal Patient Premenopausal Patient

Postmenopausal Patient (with dominant mass)

Postmenopausal Patient (with dominant mass)

Postmenopausal Patient (with dominant mass) Postmenopausal Patient

Routine screening

Routine screening

Routine screening

Biopsy

Biopsy

Biopsy

Management by "triple diagnosis" or biopsy

Management by "triple diagnosis" or biopsy

Management by "triple diagnosis" or biopsy

End

End

End

Questionable mass "thickening"

Questionable mass "thickening"

Questionable

Dominant mass

Dominant mass

Dominant mass

Reexamine follicular phase menstrual cycle

Reexamine follicular phase menstrual cycle

Reexamine follicular phase menstrual cycle

Mass gone

Mass gone

Mass gone

Mass persists

Mass persists

Mass persists

Aspiration

Aspiration

Aspiration

Cyst (see Fig. 90-3 in HPIM-18)

Cyst (see Fig. 90-3 in HPIM-18)

Cyst

Solid mass

Solid mass

Solid mass

Mammogram

Mammogram

Mammogram

Suspicious

Suspicious

Suspicious

"Benign"

"Benign"

"Benign"