Incidence of Involvement of Nipple Areola Complex in Breast Cancer

Abstract

In this prospective study, fifty cases of breast cancer were studied in a tertiary care center & different hospitals of Dhaka city for one year, aimed to determine the incidence of malignant involvement of NAC in breast cancer patients of our country with clinically uninvolved nipples from history and postoperative histopathological reports of mastectomy specimens. The age distribution of Breast cancer varied from 25 to 75 years. Highest incidence was in 5th and 6th decades numbering 30 (60%) cases. Incidence of 3rd decades was 8 (16%) cases and in 7th decades was 12 (24%) casesin relation to menstrual cycle Breast Ca incidence is more in post-menopausal women numbering 28 (56%).Lump size of most of the study population found within 2-Scm (T2 stage). Incidence of axillaty lymph node metastasis found positive in 28 patients (56%) and no metastasis in 22 patients (44%). Of 50 patients maximum no 22 (44%) found with moderately differentiated tumour, 16 (32%) patients found poorly differentiated, differentiation could not be assessed in 12 (24%) patient and well differentiated tumour found in only 2 (4%) patients. The most common histological type found in the study population is IDCC 44 (88%). Skin involvement was 0% and only 2% patients have malignant involvement of NAC from underling breast cancer. The conclusion in respect to this study is, Nipple areolar complex can be preserved with breast reconstruction in carefully selected patients going for breast cancer surgery with safe oncologic outcome.