Quick Review: Examination of the Breast

00:00 Okay, let's review some of the content that we've covered during this lecture.

00:04 This table is really helping us to focus on benign versus malignant nodules or lumps that we find within the breast.

00:12 Benign lumps are most commonly symmetric.

00:15 They're going to be soft inconsistency, potentially rubbery, but still relatively soft.

00:20 Mobile in nature, they're not going to be anchored down or tied to either the skin or the anterior chest wall, and oftentimes they are tender, particularly if you're examining during menses, whereas a malignant lesion would have all of the opposite features listed in this column.