Clinico - Pathological Study of Lump Breast - A Study of 100 Cases

1 Associate Professor, Department Of Surgery, Govt. Medical College Amritsar. 2 Assistant Professor, Department Of Surgery, Govt. Medical College Amritsar. 3 Junior Resident, Department Of Surgery, Govt. Medical College Amritsar. 4 Gynaecologist and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Ivy Hospital Amritsar. _________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: Breast is an apocrine gland – a modified sweat gland derived from ectoderm, acts as secondary sexual organ in females. It is rudimentary in males. It acts as mammary glands in females which produce and secrete milk to feed infants. Breast lumps are localized swellings that feel different from the surrounding breast tissue. It is a symptom/sign for a variety of conditions which on most occasions are nonmalignant. Approximately 10% of breast lumps ultimately lead to a diagnosis of breast cancer . Causes of breast lump can be classified on clinical and pathological basis. Patients were studied on the basis of triple assessment i.e. clinically, radiologically and histopathology. Our aim is to study breast lump clinically and pathologically of all the patients presenting with breast, to know the frequency of different type of breast disease, to know the change in pattern of breast disorders, to know the frequency of Benign vs Malignant breast disorders and to study the cyclic changes presenting with lump in benign breast disease in reproductive age group.