1. Understand how hormonal manipulation affects the prepubertal to post-menopausal breast with anatomical and imaging correlation.
2. Understand the physiology and imaging features of breast conditions and neoplasms associated with endogenous or exogenous hormones.
3. Hormonal influences on the male breast with case examples.
Comprehensive anatomical and imaging review of the hormonal breast including: 1. Normal breast development/Tanner stages. 2. Hormonal influences on the breast during menses, pregnancy, and lactation. 3. Hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause. 4. Hormonal replacement therapy. 5. Breast conditions associated with hormones including breast pain, cysts, fibroadenomas, and malignancies, as well as pregnancy associated cancers and benign masses. 6. Understanding endogenous/exogenous hormonal influences on the male breast.
Woldenberg, N,
Joines, M,
The Hormonal Breast: A Comprehensive Anatomical and Imaging Review. Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL.
http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14001299.html