CLINICAL STUDY ON BENIGN BREAST DISEASES

Abstract

introduction Benign breast disease is the most common cause of breast problems, upto 30 percent of women will suffer from a benign breast disorder requiring treatment at sometime in their lives. 2 The main problem from a women poin to view is fear that such lumpmay be a cancer. Aims And Objectives 1.To determine the common types of benign breast diseases in the study group 2.To study the age distribution of different benign breast diseases. 3.To study the modes of presentation and clinical features. 4.To note the response to treatment and complications a rising during follow-up. 5.To correlate clinical ndings with FNAC and Histopathology. Materials And Methods Inclusion criteria 1. Female patients above 12 years of age who attended the OPD and those admitted in Department of Surgery Santhiram Medical College and General Hospital with clinical diagnosis of benign breast disease and who were willing to undergo investigations and treatment. 2. Patients who are willing for followup on monthly basis fora total period of 12 months following excision or conservative management. 3. Patients who have given in form edconsentare included in the study. Exclusion criteria 1.Male patients 2.Cases of malign antbreast lumpsasper FNAC ndings. 3.All patients aged12 years andless. Results: A study was carried out on 50 female patients above 12years of age with benign breast disease at Santhiram General Hospital, Nandyal over a period of two years. The data obtained was tabulated and analysed. : Benign conditions of breast are most common betweenConclusion 20-45 years of age. Majority of patients were between 31-40 years of age. Breast abscess was seen in women aged 20 and 25 years of age. They presented with lump, pain in the breast and fever forless than 10days. It was common on the left side, upper quadrant. Fibroadenoma was most common between 20 and 34 years of age. The commonest presentation was lump. Most cases presented vwithin 6months of onset of symptoms. It was more common onleft side than right, unilateral common than bilateral. Upper outerquadrant followed by upper in nerquadrant were most commonly involved.