Table 4.
Breast nodule analysis. Clinical diagnostic form used in the 1970s.
| Volume changes | |
| Reduction | −1 |
| No change | 0 |
| Increase | +1 |
| Consistency | |
| Soft | −1 |
| Intermediate | 0 |
| Firm | +1 |
| Shape | |
| Roundish | −1 |
| Poorly defined | 0 |
| Irregular | +1 |
| Surface | |
| Smooth | −1 |
| Granular | 0 |
| Irregular | +1 |
| Borders | |
| Well-defined, regular | −1 |
| Undefined | 0 |
| Irregular or infiltrating | +1 |
| Intramammary mobility | |
| Clear-cut | −1 |
| Modest | 0 |
| Scarse-absent | +1 |
| Protrusion | |
| Unappreciable | −1 |
| Palpable | 0 |
| Visible | +1 |
| Tenderness | |
| Present | −1 |
| Slight | 0 |
| None | +1 |
| Nipple discharge | |
| Non-serohematic | −1 |
| None | 0 |
| Serohematic | +1 |
| Axillary lymphadenopathy | |
| Little or none | −1 |
| Present | +1 |
| Skin | |
| Smooth, mobile | −1 |
| Dimpled or fixed | +1 |
| Algebraic sum | Diagnostic significance |
| ≤−2 | Benign |
| −1 to +1 | Uncertain |
| ≥+2 | Malignant |