Relationship between Serum Prolactin Level and the Clinical Course of Fibrocystic Breast Changes: A Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study
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formation, epithelial hyperplasia, adenosis, and apocrine metaplasia (1,2). Nearly 40% of women of childbearing age have fibrocystic changes (3-4). F.C.C pathogenesis is not quite clear. In an article, it is attributed to the breast tissue’s response to the monthly changes in estrogen and progesterone levels (5). Another article attributes it to the increased levels of estrogen and lower levels of progesterone (6). These lesions are often associated with benign changes in breast epithelium (1). However, 5% of fibrocystic changes have atypical hyperplasia which is associated with a five-fold increase of risk of cancer (of course, if they have a positive family history of INTRODUCTION
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