Vol. 9, Issue 2, Part B (2025)

Background: Benign breast disease (BDD) can have varying presentation with a potential for malignant transformation. Almost 50% of women experience some form of benign lesion of the breast, thus it is essential to study the incidence of different type of benign breast lesion and their common clinical presentations.

Method: An observational study was conducted during the period August 2022 and July 2024 at a tertiary care hospital in Solapur. Females aged between 14 -45 years presenting with breast lump during the study period was included. Detailed history, clinical examination and pathological investigation such as USG guided FNAC sample was taken along with biopsy of the specimen among selected cases.

Results: The present study was done among 288 patients diagnosed with BBD. The mean age of patients was 28.19 ± 5.6 years. Most of the patients were married (66.7%) with 78.5% being multipara and 13.2% being nullipara. Fibroadenoma was the most common cause of BBD which was seen among 80.9% cases followed by fibroadenosis (13.8%), galactocele (2.1%), phyllodes tumor (1.3%), accessory breast (1.0%) and lipoma (0.6%). FNAC correctly diagnosed 98.3% in fibroadenoma patients and 97.5% in fibroadenosis patients. Out of the total 288, 46 patients (15.9%) were conservatively managed and 242 patients (84%) were surgically managed.

Conclusion: BBD was most commonly seen among the younger age group with lump in the breast being the most common presentation followed by mastalgia. Most of patients needed surgical management for these conditions.