Posted: August 16th, 2017

When the female patient demonstrates thickening, scaling, and erosion of the nipple and areola, the nurse recognizes that the patient is exhibiting signs of

When the female patient demonstrates thickening, scaling, and erosion of the nipple and areola, the nurse recognizes that the patient is exhibiting signs of
a) Paget’s disease.
Paget’s disease is a malignancy of mammary ducts with early signs of erythema of nipple and areola.
b) acute mastitis.
Acute mastitis is demonstrated by nipple cracks or abrasions along with reddened and warm breast skin and tenderness.
c) fibroadenoma.
Fibroadenoma is characterized as the occurrence of a single, nontender mass that is firm, mobile, and not fixed to breast tissue or chest wall.
d) peau d’orange (edema).
Peau d’orange is associated with the breast and demonstrates an orange peel apearance of breast skin with enlargement of skin pores.