Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: To find out frequency of various diseases and carcinomas in breast lump, its presentation in young female up to age of 35 years. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective, discriptive PLACE AND DURATION: Department of surgery unit II Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College University Hospital Sukkur (GMMC) and Institute of surgery and Medicine (ISM) Hospital Garden road Karachi from November 2007 to June 2013. METHODOLOGY: All female patients presenting with breast lumpupto age of 35 years at GMMC Hospital and ISM Karachi from Nov: 2007 to June 2013, medical records of these patients retrospectively reviewed, patients above age of 35 years, having acute mastitis without lump, recurrent cases, inflammatory carcinomatosa were excluded from the study. RESULTS: A total number of 510 females up to age of 35 years were included. Among the benign breast disorders fibroadenoma was 56.86%, breast abscess7.26% fibrocystic diseases 10.59%, benign phylloides 1.77%, fibrocystic diseases 10.59%, and sebaceous cysts 6.08%. Carcinoma breast found in 11.56% (n=59) in our study, the common histopathology was infiltrating ductal cell carcinoma (59.45%). CONCLUSION: The analysis of this study shows increases frequency of breast cancer in young and adolescent female. These findings suggest that females at every age group with breast lumps need specialized care for diagnosis and management.
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297-300
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Journal: Isra Medical Journal, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Year: 2014