Breast ARDMS Registry - Questions With Complete
Solutions
Galactocele Correct Answer - Cyst with internal echoes, benign, caused by
obstruction of lactiferous ducts in breastfeeding women
Cysts Correct Answer - MC benign mass in women 35-50 years old
Mastalgia Correct Answer - breast pain
HRT Correct Answer - Cysts can be seen in postmenopausal women taking
which type of medications?
Fibrocystic disease Correct Answer - diffuse breast condition causing
breast to feel lumpy, bilateral mastalgia
Stromal fibrosis Correct Answer - benign condition, proliferation of
fibrous tissue that results in the obliteration of the mammary acini and ducts
Ductal ectasia Correct Answer - benign condition when a milk duct in the
breast widens and its walls thicken
Milk of calcium Correct Answer - Cyst with benign calcifications due to
fibrocystic change/disease is called
Fibrocystic disease Correct Answer - benign condition can lead to
enlarged lobules, cysts, ductal ectasia (dilation)
FCC Correct Answer - Papillary apocrine metaplasia (PAM) is associated
with which benign condition
PAM (Papillary apocrine Metaplasia) Correct Answer - Benign
proliferative breast condition associated with FCC, appears as cystic
structures with mural nodules
PAM Correct Answer - Acorn cysts are associated with which benign
condition?
Solutions
Galactocele Correct Answer - Cyst with internal echoes, benign, caused by
obstruction of lactiferous ducts in breastfeeding women
Cysts Correct Answer - MC benign mass in women 35-50 years old
Mastalgia Correct Answer - breast pain
HRT Correct Answer - Cysts can be seen in postmenopausal women taking
which type of medications?
Fibrocystic disease Correct Answer - diffuse breast condition causing
breast to feel lumpy, bilateral mastalgia
Stromal fibrosis Correct Answer - benign condition, proliferation of
fibrous tissue that results in the obliteration of the mammary acini and ducts
Ductal ectasia Correct Answer - benign condition when a milk duct in the
breast widens and its walls thicken
Milk of calcium Correct Answer - Cyst with benign calcifications due to
fibrocystic change/disease is called
Fibrocystic disease Correct Answer - benign condition can lead to
enlarged lobules, cysts, ductal ectasia (dilation)
FCC Correct Answer - Papillary apocrine metaplasia (PAM) is associated
with which benign condition
PAM (Papillary apocrine Metaplasia) Correct Answer - Benign
proliferative breast condition associated with FCC, appears as cystic
structures with mural nodules
PAM Correct Answer - Acorn cysts are associated with which benign
condition?
