ABSTRACT
Breast, a modified sweat gland exhibits a wide spectrum of pathological lesions, usually presenting as palpable masses ranging from inflammatory to neoplastic lesions. Neoplastic lesions can be either benign or malignant. These lumps are always a cause of anxiety to the patients and their family members.1 Breast diseases are showing a rising trend worldwide. A number of studies have been done in order to know the magnitude of the problem. The present study was undertaken with an aim to determine the incidence and the histopathological spectrum of various benign breast lesions at our institute.METHODSThe present study of the breast lesions was performed in the department of pathology in a general teaching hospital and tertiary referral health care centre in Mumbai. The information and data from clinical records was collected and analysed.RESULTSA total of 953 cases of breast lesions was studied and analyzed over a period of 10 years and 10 months. Of the total 953 cases, 653 (68%) cases were benign lesions. Fibroadenoma (63%) was the commonest lesion followed by inflammatory lesions (12%) and benign phyllodes tumour (5.7%).CONCLUSIONSThe term “benign breast diseases” encompasses a heterogeneous group of lesions that may present with a wide range of symptoms or may be detected as incidental microscopic findings, and these are more frequent lesions of breast than malignant ones. Histopathological study plays important role to reach the correct diagnosis in certain benign breast diseases which mimic cancers clinically. Present study is in concordance with other studies showing fibroadenoma as commonest benign breast lesion.