BREAST LUMP

ITS CO-RELATION WITH MALIGNANT LESIONS AND MANAGEMENT

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To find out correlations between benign and malignant lesions of the breast. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of one hundred female patients who came to surgical out-door with lump in breast or nipple discharge between ages of 20 and 75 years. RETROSPECTIVE STUDY SETTING: DHQ/Allied Hospitals, Faisalabad. DURATION: 2 years, April 1996 to April 1998. RESULTS: In our study fibrocystic mammary dysplasia was the most common breast lesion in female patients of 20 to 30 years age. Carcinoma of the breast was the most common breast lesion in 35 to 45 years age patients. In majority of the cases lump was found in upper outer quadrant; while in three cases the whole breast was involved. In 12(36.4%) cases, right breast lump was found; while in 21(63.6%) left breast was involved. CONCLUSIONS: Our females are mostly illiterate and poor. They are unaware of the importance of the disease. In this regard it is suggested that we should organise Breast Screening Programmes, Breast Self Examination Teaching Centres and also Tumour
Registries for data collection throughout the country.