Breast Lumps: a 21-year Single-center Clinical and Histological Analysis

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Journal Niger J Surg

Specialty General Surgery

Date 2014 Mar 26

PMID 24665202

Citations 8

Authors

Gabriel E Njeze

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Abstract

Objective: To review the presentation and histological diagnosis of breast lumps of patients seen in Trans Ekulu Hospital Enugu Southeastern Nigeria from 1993 to 2013 in a period of 21 years.

Materials And Methods: This is a retrospective study covering a period of 21 years. Case notes of patients containing clinical information and their histology reports were studied.

Results: Only 38% of the patients came within 3 months of finding lumps in their breast. One hundred and thirty-seven patients (83%) had benign disease, i.e., fibroadenoma, mammary dysplasia, cysts, adenomas, tuberculosis, phyllodes tumor, mastitis, and lipoma. Only 16.9% i.e., 28 patients had breast cancer, out of which two females were in their 20s, and three were males.

Conclusions: Benign breast diseases, i.e., fibroadenoma, fibroadenosis, cysts, adenomas, tuberculosis, phyllodes, mastitis, and lipoma are the commoner breast diseases in our locality.

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