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o Exposure to asbestos
o Exposure to cigarette smoke
o History of fibrocystic disease
o History of vaginal bleeding and vaginal discharge
o Questions about sexuality
Manifestations of Impairment
o Breast
Retractions, dimpling, abnormal contourssuggests lesions
Peau dorange/unilateral venous patternsthickened dimpled skin with enlarged pores,
associated with malignancy
Redness infection or carcinoma
Recent unilateral inversion of nipple or asymmetry in direction in which nipples point
suggests cancer
Tenderness upon breast palpationpremenstrual fullness, fibrocystic disease, or
inflammation
Nodules in tail of breastenlarged lymph nodes
Hard, irregular, poorly delineated, fixed unilateral massessuggest carcinoma
Bilateral, single or multiple, round, mobile, well-delineated massesconsistent with
fibrocystic breast disease or fibroadenoma
Swelling, tenderness, erythema, and heatmastitis
Loss of nipple elasticitycancer
Blood or serous dischargeassociated with intraductal papilloma
Bilateral milky discharge not due to prior pregnancypituitary tumor
Unilateral discharge from one or two ductsfibrocystic breast disease, intraductal
papilloma, or carcinoma
Rashallergy or other causes
Signs of inflammation and infectionsinfection of the sweat glands
Enlarged axillary nodesinfection of the hand or arm, but can be caused by a
malignancy
Enlarge supraclavicular nodeslymphatic metastasis
o External Genitalia
Excoriation, rashes or lesions of labiainflammatory or infective processes
Bulging of labia that increases with strainingsuggests a hernia
Varicosities
Ulcers or vesicles on labiaSTIs
Small, firm, round cystic nodules in labiasebaceous cysts
Wart-like lesionssuggests genital warts
Firm, painless ulcerssuggest chancre of syphilis
Shallow, painful ulcerssuggests herpes infection
Ulcerated or red raised lesions in older womensuggest vulvar carcinoma
Enlargement of the clitorissymptoms of masculinizing condition
Swelling, discoloration, or lacerations of vaginal openingtrauma
Discharge from or lesions on vaginal openingsymptoms of infection
Fissures or fistulas associated with vaginal openinginjury, infection, growth of a
malignancy, or trauma
Discharge/tenderness of Skenes glandsinfection
**A non-tender mass in posterolateral labia majoraBartholins cyst**
Swelling, redness, or tendernessabscess of Bartholins glands
Bulging of the anterior and/or posterior vaginal wallcystocele & rectocele
Protrusion of the cervix or uterus into vaginauterine prolapse
Inflammation, lesions, growths on perineuminfections or cancer
o Vagina and Cervix
Chlamydia screening
Colonoscopy
Endometrial biopsy
HPV test
Hysterosalpingogram
Mammogram
Pap smear
Ultrasound