Breast Diseases Managed at a Tertiary Care Center with a Rural Set Up in Rural Area of India: Critical Analysis

Abstract

Background: Breast diseases are very common throughout the world with wide variety of patterns of presentation across the globe. The study was done in a tertiary care center with rural set up in a rural area of India to know the specific incidence of different breast disorders with respect to age and sex of the patient, best method for early diagnosis, fallacies in clinical diagnosis and to find out the sensitivity of FNAC in correlation with histopathological or surgical confirmation. Method: This is a prospective study conducted on patients attending outpatient department in a tertiary care center with breast symptoms. It was conducted for a period of two years. Detailed history was noted. They were assessed clinically and their diagnosis was confirmed by cytological (FNAC) or histopathological (biopsy) examination. Results: 237 cases of breast disease were diagnosed which include 222 females and 15 males. The ratio between benign 210 (88.61%) and malignant 27 (11.39 %) lesions was 7.8:1. Among all the benign breast diseases, ANDI (29.11 %) was the commonest, followed by Fibroadenoma (25.31 %) & Breast abscess (14.35 %) in decreasing order of frequency respectively whereas carcinoma of breast was common in age group above fourty years of life. Conclusion: We conclude from our study that the females

Analysis of the microbial flora in breast abscess: a retrospective cohort study conducted in the emergency department

“…Similarly, Pachani et al, in his study, observed 70% of the breast abscess patients were in 20 to 39 years of age. 18 In contrast, Sandhu et al, and Ekland et al, had highest patients in 36 to 45 years of age. 1,19 This increase in incidence of breast abscess in young women can be attributed to the increased incidence of breast abscess in lactating mothers.…”