DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i05.011

Pages: 1224-1230

The magnitude of breast complaints to the general surgeon cannot be overemphasized, as breast diseases are rather common conditions presenting to the surgeon, and the vast majority of these conditions are benign. We undertook a review of breast biopsies performed at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile Ife, Southwestern Nigeria over a 5 year period, with the aim of determining the clinical and pathologic spectrum of benign breast diseases in patients who had excision biopsy of breast lumps. Out of the 238 breast lump excisions, Fibroadenoma had the highest frequency, 148 (62.3%), followed by fibrocystic disease being 48 (20.2%). The remaining 17.4% being accounted for by Inflammatory and other conditions. Fibroadenoma occurred mostly in females in their 2nd and 3rd decades, while fibrocystic disease occurred mostly in females in their 3rd - 5th decades. Most of the lesions were situated in the upper outer quadrant of the breast. The associated symptoms are breast pain (8.8%), and nipple discharge (3.8%). There were 20 recurrent cases (8.4%), all of which were fibroadenomas. Fibroadenoma remains the most common benign breast lesion in our environment, followed by fibrocystic disease.