painless mass on breast - itsthatdo

[ArchivalUser]

43 female, painless mass on left breast. 3 months later it enlarges. no history of breast or ovarian cancer. most appropriate next step in evaluating the mass is a/an
a. bilateral mammogram
b. ductogram
c. needle biopsy
d. open breast biopsy
e. ultrasound of the breast

[ArchivalUser]

A. Bilateral Mammogram because she is >40 years old

[ArchivalUser]

AA

[ArchivalUser]

indeed that was my thought. Mammo usually always before biopsy, as biopsy distorts mammo (paraphrase from MTB 3).