A lovely nonHispanic black 14 yearold female who underwent m

A lovely, non-Hispanic black 14 year-old female who underwent menarche at age 10 presents today with a 1.3 mm mass in her chest. She visits your clinic today with her mother, who is in remission from her CML diagnosis two years ago. Describe the tumor cell population in terms of cell mass and number. What is the most likely way in which this tumor have been detected. Is the tumor at the size to be lethal/life-threatening to the patient? What patient risk factors should we be mindful of?

Solution

Ans:

1. In terms of cell mass and number the tumor is benign tumor. Because if the tumor size becomes below 4 mm it shows no malignancy. Here female have 1.3mm mass or tumor on her chest that indicates that it is a benign tumor.

2. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is the most likely way in which this tumor have been detected. This MRI scan uses magnetism and radio waves to build up a picture of the inside of the body. If there is a tumor inside the body it can easily identifies, not only that it can also detects how deeply a tumour has grown into body tissues.

So, in this case using MRI 1.3mm tumor in her chest can easily detected.

3. In this case the size of the tumor is not lethal/life threatening to the patient. Because in this size it is remain into the benign state. And this benign state of tumor is not lethal like malignant state which may occur if the size of the tumor becomes larger (>4mm).

So, here as the tumor size is 1.3 mm, it will not lethal to the patient.

4. According the above data, as the female who underwent menarch at age of 10 indicates he female might have breast cancer. So in this case risk factors are:-