A nurse practitioner performs a clinical breast examination on a woman diagnosed with fibroadenoma. The nurse knows that fibroadenoma is characterized by:
1. inflammation of the milk ducts and glands behind the nipples.
2. thick sticky discharge from the nipple of the affected breast.
3. lumpiness in both breasts, developing 1 week before menstruation.
4. a single lump in one breast that can be expected to decrease in size as the woman ages.
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1. Incorrect. These symptoms are associated with mammary duct ectasia, not fibroadenoma.
2. Incorrect. These symptoms are associated with galactorrhea, not fibroadenoma.
3. Incorrect. These symptoms are associated with fibrocystic changes of the breast.
4. Correct. Fibroadenomas are characterized by discrete, usually solitary lumps less than 3 cm in diameter. Fibroadenomas increase during pregnancy and shrink as the woman ages.
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