PATTERN OF BENIGN BREAST DISEASES: A NEGLECTED ENTITY

Background: To study the clinical profile and pattern of benign breast disease and its pathological correlation in patients undergoing FNAC/Biopsy. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study of females with breast disease presenting to surgery department over a period of one year. Patients with obvious malignancy and males were excluded from the study. Clinico-pathological evaluation was done as per standard proforma. Results: A total of 715 females were included in the study. Fibroadenoma (42.8%) and fibroadenosis (26.5%) were the commonest both presenting mostly at 21-40years of age. Right side involvement was most common. The sensitivity of clinical diagnosis was found to be 99.4% for fibroadenoma, 97% for fibroadenosis, 85.8% for galactocele, and 100% for phylloides tumor and breast abscess. Conclusion: Benign breast diseases are common problems of 3 rd and 4 th decade in females and raises considerable fear of malignancy. The accuracy of clinical examination for detection of benign breast diseases was 99% as compared to histopathology and 96% as compared to cytology.