Breast fibroadenoma and its clinical perspectives: a prospective observational study

Nishant Kumar

doi:10.18203/2349-2902.isj20212720

Authors

Nishant Kumar Department of General surgery, Raipur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-2902.isj20212720

Keywords:

Benign breast disease, Pathology, Risk factors, Triple assessment

Abstract

Background: To study the patterns of breast fibroadenoma in females and to co-relate them with the pathological findings.

Methods: Sixty six females who attended the Surgery Department in Darbhanga Medical College, Bihar, a tertiary centre in rural area, with benign breast lump during the period Bihar during period of November 2009 to November 2011, were studied. Early diagnoses by doing a triple assessment like a clinical examination, FNAC or a core needle biopsy and imaging methods like ultrasonography or mammography. The clinical diagnoses were compared with the cytological or histological findings wherever possible and their accuracies were evaluated.

Results: Out of the 66 confirmed fibroadenoma female patients who were studied, most patients presented as a painless lump which is need to be differentiated from carcinoma. Most of the patient (63%) presented within 6 months of development of breast lesion showing increasing awareness in females of rural India. The maximum number of patient presented (55%) is of 2^nd to 3^rd decade. It was found that maximum number of patients have upto three children due to early marriage in rural background.

Conclusions: Fibroadenoma is a common cause for breast lump even in rural background. Triple assessment provided a quick diagnosis and it alleviated unnecessary anxiety from the patients about breast cancer. The clinical diagnosis of a breast lump, as confirmed by cytology and histology, was accurate in most of the cases.

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Author Biography

Nishant Kumar, Department of General surgery, Raipur Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India

Department of General surgery

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