Clinical and pathological characteristics of breast giant fibroadenoma among young females

Khalil, Alaa Mohammed; Mohammed, Ramdan Mahmoud; Gertallah, Loay .M; Ayad, Momen Abd El Hakeim

doi:10.21608/zumj.2019.14778.1350

Clinical and pathological characteristics of breast giant fibroadenoma among young females

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ Department of General Surgery,Faculty of Medicine,Zagazig University,Sharkia,Egypt

² General Surgery Department,Faculty of Medicine,Zagazig University,Sharkia,Egypt

³ General Surgery department,Faculty of Medicine,Zagazig University,Sharkia,Egypt

10.21608/zumj.2019.14778.1350

Abstract

Abstract:
Background: Fibroadenoma is the most common breast tumor in adolescent and young women. Incidence of benign breast lesions is common in the second decade reaching its peak at fourth and fifth decade of life.These lesions usually arise in the fully developed breast between the ages of 15 and 30 years, although occasionally they occur in much older women. They arise from hyperplasia of a single lobule and usually grow up more than 5 cm in size and called giant fibroadenoma. The aim of the study is to determine clinicopathological features of giant breast fibroadenoma in females aged below 40 years in General Surgery Department,Zagazig University.
Methods: The study was carried out at Genereal Surgery Department,Zagazig University Hospitals,The study included 30 female patients in the period between January 2019 and July 2019 presented with breast mass proved to be Giant fibroadenoma by breast ultrasonography and mammography.
Results: In our study we find out that clinical examination of breast giant fibroadenoma among the studied group has sensitivity of 88.9%, specificity of 66.7%.So histopathological examination after excisional biobsy is needed for more confirmation.
Conclusions: The sensitivity of clinical diagnosis of giant fibroadenoma in female patients ≤30 years in our study is good, but the specificity is low.

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