Abstract
Background: In Indian women, breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer. Breast cancer affects 30 out of every 100,000 women in India.
 Case Report: A female patient of 70 years old was admitted to Female surgery Ward-33, Unit-3, AVBRH on 19th January with a chief complaint of lump in upper outer quadrant of the right breast, hardness and non-tenderness of right breast since 2 months. The patient was ok. She had complained of a lump in the upper outer quadrant of her breast for 2 months, and it had appeared gradually. During a physical examination, some clinical findings were obtained i.e., lump in a breast was gradually progressive, and non-tenderness and a nonmobile lump in upper outer quadrant of right breast, no history of fever, nausea vomiting, bloody discharge from a nipple. After that patient was undergone on the routine investigation in that Haemoglobin- 8.4gm% was decreased, Total Red Blood Cell count 2.88 cumm decreased, Total Leucocyte Count -17800 cumm increased. Fine needle aspiration cytology show metastasis of breast and ultrasonography shows an irregular strangulated hypoechoic mass of approximately 3.5*1.9 cm at the outer upper quadrant of the right breast. After histopathology report revealed that patient having metastasis of right breast and she was undergone on treatment of chemotherapy.
 Conclusion: This case report was of great relevance for academics, its provided to improve knowledge about breast cancer, to encourage the practice of BSE making women aware of the importance of this exam.
Highlights
In Indian women, breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer
A female patient of 70 years old from Ballarpur, Chandrapur district she was admitted to Female surgery Ward-33, Unit-3, AVBRH on 19th January with a chief complaint of lump in upper outer quadrant of the breast, hardness and nontenderness of right breast since 2 months
Patient was apparently all right 2 months back she was complaining of lump in upper outer quadrant of the breast which was insidious in onset, in physical examination some clinical findings were obtained i.e., lump in breast was gradually progressive in nature, and nontenderness of right breast
Summary
In Indian women, breast cancer is the most frequent type of cancer. Cancer is the world's second largest cause of death. The incidence of breast cancer is gradually declining, with a minor decrease in the number of breast cancer-related fatalities. This drop might be attributed to a decrease in the usage of hormone treatment following menopause. Case Report: A female patient of 70 years old was admitted to Female surgery Ward-33, Unit-3, AVBRH on 19th January with a chief complaint of lump in upper outer quadrant of the right breast, hardness and non-tenderness of right breast since 2 months. She had complained of a lump in the upper outer quadrant of her breast for 2 months, and it had appeared gradually. Conclusion: This case report was of great relevance for academics, its provided to improve knowledge about breast cancer, to encourage the practice of BSE making women aware of the importance of this exam
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