Abstract:
Objectives: To determine the frequency of breast carcinoma in clinically palpable breast lumps. Study design: Case series Sett ing and duration of the study: Surgical unit of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed/Combined Military Hospital (SKBZ/CMH), Muzaff arabad, Azad Kashmir. From February 2015 to December 2017 Material & Methods: All patients above 13 yrs of age, presenting with clinically palpable lump breast in surgical out patient department were registered for the study, aft er taking their informed consent. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the lump breast was taken in pathology department and then cytological reports were recorded. Results: Total 129 cases were registered in the study between the ages of 13 to 80 yrs old with the mean age of 46 yrs. Of the total 57.4% (74) were benign lumps, 35.7% (46) were malignant lumps, 1.6% (2) were atypical cases and 5.4% (7) were highly suspicious for malignancy Conclusions: Th e frequency of breast carcinoma in present group of patients who presented with breast lump was 34%.
