A STUDY OF HISTOPATHOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF BENIGN BREAST DISEASES - A TWO YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS

Background: Study of patterns of benign breast diseases is a challenge due to the variations in occurrence and presentation in the different age groups. Women with benign breast diseases are at a high risk of developing breast cancer. Early presentation and prompt diagnosis is essential to relieve the anxiety of non neoplastic conditions. Analysis of patterns and frequency provide a valuable guideline for the clinical diagnosis of these lesions. Materials and Methods: This study was undertaken in the department of Pathology, GMC, Jammu. The purpose of the study was to analyse the spectrum of benign breast diseases to understand their prevalence and age wise comparison. Data of 70 cases of benign breast diseases during a time span of two years (2017-2019) was obtained retrospectively. All breast tissue samples were processed by the standard procedure and formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections were studied and analysed. Results: Non malignant breast lesions include a variety of inflammatory lesions, benign tumours and tumour like conditions. Fibroadenoma(58.6%) is found to be the commonest followed by Fibrocystic disease in 8(11.4%) cases. Most of the cases of benign breast diseases were in the age group of 21-30years (33) followed by 15 cases in the age group of 31-40years. Conclusion: Benign breast diseases constitute a heterogenous group of disorders which is more frequent than malignant ones and is one of the most important cause of breast problems in females. Histopathological evaluation becomes necessary for such cases and plays an important role in their final diagnosis.