Clinicopathological profile of breast lesions at tertiary care centre: A study of 602 cases

The aim of the study was to asses clinicopathological profile of breast lesions at tertiary care center.

The study was conducted in department of pathology, JLN medical college, Ajmer. We retrieved breast biopsies received in histopathology department over a period of 18 months from January 2015 to October 2016. A total of 602 cases of breast lesions were included in the study.

Out of a total of 602 cases of breast lesions, most common lesions were benign 454 (75.4%) with mean age 30.15 years, followed by malignant 99(16.4%) with mean age 48.5 years and inflammatory 49 (8.1%) with mean age 32.9 years. The overall mean age of patients was 31.8 years, with a wide age range of 11–88 years. Overall the most commonly reported lesion was fibroadenoma 322(53.4%) cases, followed by infiltrating duct carcinoma 83 (13.7%) cases, mastitis 45(7.4%) cases, gynecomastia 39(6.4%) and fibrocystic disease 37 (6.1%) cases. The maximum cases of malignancy were seen in 41–50 years of age of life. Most common malignant lesion was infiltrating duct carcinoma.

The breast lesions pattern revealed by the present study provides valuable information regarding clinicopathological profile of breast lesions.