European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Background: The present study was done with the aim to investigate the clinical, pathological, and epidemiological features of women diagnosed with benign breast disease. Material & Methods: This was an outpatient clinic-based, single-centre, descriptive, observational study conducted at the Department of General Surgery, JK Hospital affiliated with LN Medical College, Bhopal from December 2019 to November 2021. Data was coded, entered in Microsoft Excel and then imported into Stata 15.1 version for analysis. Results: In the present study, a total of 90 participants were enrolled. The most common benign breast disease was fibroadenoma (65.6%), followed by fibroadenosis (17.8%), mastalgia (5.6%), duct ectasia (4.4%), breast cyst (3.3%), breast abscess (2.2%) and galactorrhoea (1.1%). About 83.3%, 21.1%, and 4.1% of the women said that their chief concern was pain in the breast, a lump in the breast and discharge from the nipple, respectively. Most women had breast problem(s) limited to only one breast (unilateral) (92.2%) while only 7.7% of women complained of breast symptoms in both of their breasts. The breast problem was located most in the right breast. Most of the women had symptoms located in their upper outer quadrant followed by lower outer quadrant, upper inner quadrant, and lower inner quadrant. Conclusion: The study concluded that the most common benign breast disease was fibroadenoma, followed by fibroadenosis and most women complained of breast complaints in the upper outer quadrant of the right breast