INDICATION
1. FOCAL BREAST PAIN or PALPABLE IN FEMALE < 40 YEARS OLD
2. NIPPLE DISCHARGE IN FEMALE < 30
CORRECT ORDER(S) FOR SCHEDULING
Limited breast ultrasound ONLY
• Unilateral R or L
• Bilateral
INDICATION
FOCAL BREAST PAIN or PALPABLE IN FEMALE > 40
For any palpable lump only felt by ordering clinician during breast examination, an estimated size, clock face and distance from the nipple should be documented on the ordering sheet.
CORRECT ORDER(S) FOR SCHEDULING
Diagnostic mammogram (if > 6 months since last mammogram)
• Unilateral R or L
• Bilateral
- and -
Limited breast ultrasound
• Unilateral R or L
• Bilateral
INDICATION
BREAST PAIN or PALPABLE IN MALES > 25
CORRECT ORDER(S) FOR SCHEDULING
Diagnostic mammogram
• Unilateral R or L
• Bilateral
- and -
Limited breast ultrasound
• Unilateral R or L
• Bilateral
INDICATION
NIPPLE DISCHARGE in any MALE or FEMALE > 30
(milky/clear vs. bloody/brown)
(spontaneous vs. non-spontaneous i.e. expressed by squeezing)
CORRECT ORDER(S) FOR SCHEDULING
Diagnostic mammogram (if > 6 months since last mammogram)
• Unilateral R or L
• Bilateral
- and -
Limited breast ultrasound
• Unilateral R or L
• Bilateral
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