Pathological study of clinically diagnosed benign breast masses

ABSTRACT

120 female patients presented to Al Azhar University Hospital with a lump in the breast which was diagnosed as a benign mass on clinical examination. All masses were sent for histopathological examination, the incidence of malignancy in the clinically diagnosed benign masses was 12.5%. Fibroadenomas were the commonest masses encountered in the study and forms 47.5%, fibrocystic disease was the second infrequency and from 30% of the cases. Malignant lesions were the third infrequency and form 12.5% of cases followed by non specific mastitis which forms 5% of cases, there was 2 cases of glactocele and 2 cases of duct ectasia, 2 cases cytsoarcompaphylloids. and one case of intraduct papilloma