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Abstract

A 35-year-old woman gives a 3-week history of a painful right breast lump. At the time of examination, she is menstruating. A hard, smooth, nonfixed, 3-cm mass is noted in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. Two soft 0.5-cm right axillary nodes are palpable, and the skin overlying the breast mass is normal. The next step in the management of this patient should be:

  1. A.

    Aspiration of the mass.

  2. B.

    Excision under local anesthesia.

  3. C.

    Needle biopsy of the mass.

  4. D.

    Mammography.

  5. E.

    Thermography.

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Pickleman, J. (1982). Breast. In: Problems in General Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1755-6_9

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