EVALUATION OF BENIGN BREAST DISEASE IN RAMA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 58
Abstract
BACKGROUND Benign breast disease includes a spectrum of lesions having a wide range of symptoms or may be detected as incidental finding on microscopic examination. The present study tries to classify and report the incidence of various benign breast diseases in relations to the key factors such as age, marital status, intake of oral contraceptives, menstrual cycle, pregnancy, lactation, socioeconomic status. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted on 153 female patients presenting with breast related problems. The patients were clinically examined and investigated and finally evaluated with reference to various key symptoms. RESULTS The major ‘benign breast disease’ in our study includes mastalgia, fibroadenoma and lactation-related inflammatory conditions. The pattern and incidence of these diseases had definite list of factors which affected it. For example- 1. Age of marriage. 2. Socioeconomic status. 3. Oral contraceptives. CONCLUSION Overall incidence of benign breast disease was 15.3%. Cyclical mastalgia was the major disease followed by unilateral fibroadenoma. Third common presentation was painless nodularity.
Authors and Affiliations
Govind Trivedi, Rajeev Bhargava, Manukant Bhatnagar
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