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- Title
Clinico-pathological profi le of breast lesions at a tertiary care centre in Karachi, Pakistan.
- Authors
Memon, Shaima Sultana; Ram, Pushpa Vali; Memon, M. Saleh
- Abstract
Objective: To conduct four-year audit of breast pathology at a tertiary care center in Karachi, Pakistan. Material and Methods: Th is was a retrospective study of all breast pathology specimens received over a four-year period from January 2015 to December 2018 at the Department of Pathology, Dow Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), Karachi, Pakistan. A total of 257 breast specimens were received during the study period. Th eir reports were retrieved and data was collected, entered and analyzed using SPSS version 24.0. Rhesults: Out of 257 patients, 246 (95.7%) patients were female and 11 (4.3%) were male. Out of 257 breast specimens, 211(82.1%) biopsies were reported as benign and 46 (17.9%) as malignant. Th e commonest benign lesion was fi broadenoma, comprising 151 (58.75%) cases. Fift een of these were bilateral. Th e second common benign lesion was abscess, Th e commonest malignancy was infi ltrating ductal carcinoma, comprising 84.8% of all malignancies. Conclusion: Our fi ndings were similar to the fi ndings of other studies done in the Indo-Pak subcontinent. Further studies are required to identify epidemiology of breast disease in Pakistan so that appropriate health services and policies may be planned and executed.
- Subjects
KARACHI (Pakistan); PAKISTAN; TERTIARY care; BREAST; DUCTAL carcinoma; MEDICAL care; MEDICAL schools; LOBULAR carcinoma
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Surgery, 2020, Vol 36, Issue 1, p25
- ISSN
0258-8552
- Publication type
Article