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.
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.