A histopathological analysis of consecutive 161 cases of breast lumps

Aim: to conduct a histological analysis of breast lumps in pts f at s. z. hospital lahore methods: from april 2011 to august 2012,a prospective histopathological study was done on 161 consecutive patients. these patients with breast lumps had undergone incision biopsies,lumpectomies or mastectomies and a histological analysis was carried out in histopathology laboratory. results: the study revealed that under the age of 30 years,no malignancy seen in 97 cases,however with increasing age it was observed that less than one out of four cases were malignant between 31 and 40 years of age,rising to one out of four cases between 41-50 years and 51-60 age-groups. the 61-70 years age showed one out of three while two out of three cases were malignant in the ages 71-80 years. fibroadenoma was the commonest benign tumor and infiltrating ductal carcinoma was the commonest malignant tumor in our study. conclusions: mostly breast lumps were benign and there was a probability of 1 in 10 to be malignant. however under 30 years malignancy was unlikely,however,above the age of 40 years the chance of malignancy rises to one in four,emphasizing the need of screening methods for women over the age of 40 years. fibroadenoma was the commonest breast lesion in women under 30 years age.