Pattern of benign breast diseases

This observational study was done on 234 patients at surgical unit-1 of Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi to see the pattern of benign breast diseases in females. All patients presenting with breast lumps were evaluated clinically and subjected to FNAC or core needle biopsy. Fibrocystic disease was the commonest [26.92%] followed by fibroadenoma [23.50%]. fibrocystic disease was common in 5th decade [41.26%] and fibro adenoma in 2nd decade [42.27%] of life. Incidence of mastalgia [8.54%] was quite low with chronic granulomatous mastitis [5.98%] quite high in our study as compared to international literature

Pattern of malignancies at Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi

This retrospective observational study was carried out from July 2000 to June 2001 to find out the pattern of malignancy at Fauji Foundation Hospital Rawalpindi. 733 cases of malignancies were recorded with mate to female ratio of 1:1.46. Majority of them were in the 5th [23.19%] and 6th [26.96%] decades of life. The commonest malignancy observed among males was Urinary Bladder Tumour [19.12%] and in females Breast Cancer [37.47%]. The ten commonest malignancies among both the sexes were compared with the patterns recorded at different centers in Pakistan. Analysis of the data shows the high prevalence of breast, lung, ovarian, cervical colorectal malignancies and lymphoma in our country. The type of data presented is of limited significance. It is important that these findings are elaborated and confirmed by more detailed studies. In this contest the importance of establishment of a tumor based registry can not be overemphasized