The skin and breast assessment are both required clinical skills across health professional training programs.
The breast is an ideal “canvas” for simulation-based learning exercises focused on the identification, diagnosis, and management of skin conditions that could present anywhere on the body alongside unique conditions specific to the breast.
The Breast Health Training Tool is the only expert-validated education tool that simultaneously fills the gap in women’s, breast, lactation, and skin health education.
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Diverse skin and breast conditions across the lifespan
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Blood blister:
- Pumping damage
Areolar rash:
- Contact dermatitis
- Trauma from breast pump flange
- Eczema
- Herpes zoster
Blood from single nipple pore in lactating woman:
- Contact dermatitis
- Trauma from breast pump flange
- Eczema
- Herpes zoster
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Blood blister:
- Pumping damage
Lesion on nipple-areolar complex:
- Benign Montgomery glands
- Acne
- Folliculitis
- Sebaceous cyst
Blood from single nipple pore in lactating woman:
- Contact dermatitis
- Trauma from breast pump flange
- Eczema
- Herpes zoster
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Rash on breast tissue and areola:
- Contact dermatitis
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Paget’s disease
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Lesion on nipple-areolar complex:
- Paget’s disease
- Nipple wound
- Trauma with or without superimposed Streptococcal/Staphylococcal infection
- Trauma without infection
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Lesion on nipple:
-
Paget’s disease
-
Melanoma of the nipple
-
Nipple trauma/wound with superimposed bacterial infection
-
Wart
-
Hyperkeratosis
Lesion on breast tissue:
- Benign mole
- Melanoma
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Accessory nipple
- Hyperkeratosis
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Nipple discoloration:
- Sore nipple due to pumping or breastfeeding
- Contact dermatitis
- Subacute mastitis (not mammary candidiasis)
- Vasospasm
Lesion on breast tissue:
- Benign mole
- Accessory nipple
- Melanoma
Areolar rash:
- Psoriasis
- Eczema
- Contact dermatitis
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Trauma from pumping causing:
- Periareolar bruising
- Abrasion at base of nipple
- Blister on side of nipple
Lesion on breast tissue:
- Normal vein development
- Sore nipple from feeding or pumping
- Nipple exudate from subacute mastitis
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Nipple damage:
- Trauma due to poor latch or pumping
- Ulcer/erosive adenomatosis
- Paget’s disease
Lesion on breast tissue:
- Accessory nipple
- Benign nevus
- Malignant nevus
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Rash on breast:
- Drug-induced urticaria
- Urticaria due to oxytocin/let-down reflex
- Urticaria due to allergy
(food,environment) - Stevens Johnson syndrome/Toxic
epidermal necrolysis
Nipple shape:
- Inverted due to benign, normal anatomy
- Retracted due to malignant process
(note areolar asymmetry)
Potential Differential Diagnoses
Breast tissue:
- Inflammatory breast cancer
- Mastitis
- Dependent edema
- Postpartum engorgement
Nipple shape:
- Flat
- Retracted due to malignant process
- Inverted (benign, normal anatomy)