DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i12.007

Pages: 4203-4207

Benign breast lesions represent a wide spectrum of disorders that come to clinical attention either as palpable lumps or as imaging abnormalities. Some of these are clinically suspected as malignant lesions but diagnosed as benign after histopathological examination. The aim of this is to study benign breast lesions to correlate their clinicopathological parameters and to study incidence of benign breast lesions in different age groups. A descriptive study with cross sectional design was conducted in the Department of Pathology at MIMSR medical college, Latur, Maharashtra, India, between July 2014 to June 2016. A total of 90 cases were analyzed during this period. Benign breast lesions were studied in detail with relation to available clinical data. Incidence of benign breast lesions reported in our study was 65.21%. Fibroadenoma was the most common benign lesion found with incidence 71.11%, followed by fibrocystic change and benign phyllodes tumors. The most common age group for fibroadenoma was 11 to 20 years. Benign breast lesions are common in females and fibroadenoma being the most common of them all. The most common presenting complaint was painless breast lump.