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Breast lumps: a 21-year single-center clinical and histological analysis
1Department of Surgery, Enugu State University of Technology, Teaching Hospital, Parklane, Enugu, Nigeria.
Objective:
To review the presentation and histological diagnosis of breast lumps of patients seen in Trans Ekulu Hospital Enugu Southeastern Nigeria from 1993 to 2013 in a period of 21 years.
Materials And Methods:
This is a retrospective study covering a period of 21 years. Case notes of patients containing clinical information and their histology reports were studied.
Results:
Only 38% of the patients came within 3 months of finding lumps in their breast. One hundred and thirty-seven patients (83%) had benign disease, i.e., fibroadenoma, mammary dysplasia, cysts, adenomas, tuberculosis, phyllodes tumor, mastitis, and lipoma. Only 16.9% i.e., 28 patients had breast cancer, out of which two females were in their 20s, and three were males.
Conclusions:
Benign breast diseases, i.e., fibroadenoma, fibroadenosis, cysts, adenomas, tuberculosis, phyllodes, mastitis, and lipoma are the commoner breast diseases in our locality.
