Oncology · History + examination

Red, swollen breast

Hard

8 min station · 2 min reading · UWA Year 4

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2 min reading · 8 min station · reminders at 1 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice in Esperance. Your next patient is Lorraine Pascoe, 52, a farmer from Scaddan, whose right breast is still red and swollen after two courses of antibiotics.

  1. Take a focused history

  2. Perform a focused examination

  3. Explain your diagnosis and management plan to the patient

  • Please verbalise your examination; findings will be provided on request
  • You do not need to summarise your findings to the examiner
  • No investigation results are available in this station
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Investigations

Examination