Frequency of different female breast lesions in Pathology Department of Lahore Medical & Dental College

Aim: to know the different types of breast lesions presented in histopathology department of lmdc so that prevalence of the diseases can be compared with that of national and international results. design: a retrospective study. methods: total numbers of 117 cases were taken in which biopsies and mastectomies were included,biopsies from male breast were excluded. results: according to our study 44 were fibro adenomas,23 were ductal carcinomas,14 were mastitis,5 were duct ectasias,2 were f.c.d,2 lactating adenomas; epidermal inclusion cysts,squamous papilloma,sebaceous cyst,medullary ca,infiltrating lobular carcinoma,all were one each in number. conclusion: it was concluded from this study that the most common presenting lesion was fibroadenoma here,second to it was idc. this is also the case with international studies mostly.