Rakhshanda Rashid, Sabiha M Haq, Khushal Khan, Shabana Jamal, Tanwir Khaliq, Aslam Shah.
Benign breast disorders, a clinicopathological study.
Ann Pak Inst Med Sci Jan ;1(4):187-90.

Objective: To find out the frequency of benign breast disorders (BBD) in female patients presenting with lump/ lumps in the out patient department and to create awareness in patients that every breast lump is not cancer. Design: A Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Surgery, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) Islamabad from May 1 to October 31, 2002. Subjects and Methods: The age range was from 16 to 63 years. One hundred consecutive female patients who presented with clinically benign, palpable lump/ lumps in the breast were included. Besides history and clinical examination the diagnostic evaluation included, fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), ultrasonography, mammography and biopsy. All patients were either managed surgically or medically. All those with benign lumps were firmly reassured regarding benign nature of their lumps. Results: The common conditions were fibroadenoma 40 cases (42.1 %), fibrocystic disease 16 cases (16.8%), acute mastitis 9 cases (9.5%), chronic mastitis 7 cases (7.4%) and accessory breast 5 cases (5.3%). The other cases were duct ectasia 4 cases (4.2%), antibioma 3 cases (3.2%), Phylloides tumour, 3 cases (3.2%), galactocoele, haematoma and atypical ductal hyperplasia 2 cases (2.1%) each. There was 1 case (1.1%) each of tuberculosis and intraductal papilloma. Conclusion: The commonest Benign Breast Disease was fibroadenoma followed by fibrocystic disease.

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