A CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY OF 114 BREAST LUMP CASES AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Background: Breast undergoes physiological and pathological changes during puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, lactation and menopause. Common Breast diseases are fibroadenoma and carcinoma with rarer entities such as tubercular mastitis and phyllodes tumour. Aim:1) To study breast diseases in female presenting with lump2) To correlate with pathological findings. Materials And Methods: This retrospective study for period of 1 year January to December 2024 conducted in department of general surgery, tertiary care center–Vikarabad. 114 female patients presented with lump in breast included. Besides history, clinical examination the diagnostic evaluation included FNAC, USG, mammography and biopsy. All patients were managed surgically. Results: Out of 114 breast lump cases ,110 cases were non- malignant and 4 cases malignant. The benign conditions were fibroadenoma105 cases with common age of 20-30 years followed by fibrocystic disease 3 cases of age 20-25 years. Tubercular mastitis 2 cases of age 35 – 40 years. The rest were infiltrating ductal carcinoma 2 cases age 35 - 40 years and phyllodes tumour 2 cases age 45 - 65 years. Conclusion: The pattern of breast diseases provides information concerning clinicopathological profile of breast lump disease. The clinical diagnosis of breast lump must be correlated with histopathological diagnosis for adequate treatment of patient which will help to cure patients at earlier stage.