TY - JOUR AU - Kalim, Muhammad AU - Ullah, Hamd AU - Ahmad, Siddique AU - Shah, Farrukh Ozair AU - Yosaf, Muhammad PY - 2018/03/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - FREQUENCY OF FIBROADENOMA IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH BREAST LUMP JF - Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute JA - J Postgrad Med Inst VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Original Article DO - UR - https://jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/2214 SP - AB - <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Objective: </span><span>To determine the frequency of fibroadenoma in patients presenting with breast lumps. </span></p> <p><span>Methodology: </span><span>This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in the De- partment of Surgery, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar (from 1st March 2016 to 30th May 2017) recruiting a total of 165 patients who presented with breast lump. These patients were subjected to ultrasonography, fine needle aspiration cytology and tru-cut biopsy to detect fibroadenoma. Data was ana- lyzed with SPSS 17 and presented as tables. </span></p> <p><span>Results: </span><span>The mean age was 23.2 ±4.6 years. Maximum patients were between 15 to 25 years of age (66.7%). Left side was involved in 58.8% while right side breast lumps were present in 41.2% of patients. Breast lumps in the superi- or-medial quadrant were in 26.7% of patients, superolateral quadrant 32.7%, inferomedial quadrant 13.3% and inferolateral quadrant 27.3% patients. Fibro- adenoma was detected in 33.3% of women. </span></p> <p><span>Conclusion: </span><span>Fibroadenoma was a common benign breast disorder among women who presented with breast lump. </span></p></div></div></div><p> </p> ER -