A STUDY ON THE BREAST DISORDER IN RURAL POPULATION
SARAVANAKUMARI VIJAYKUMAR
Department of Pathology, Sri Lakshminarayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry-605502, India.
G. JAYALAKSHMI *
Department of Microbiology, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences (Affiliated to Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research) Pondicherry- 605502, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Background: Benign breast diseases include infections, granulomatous inflammatory disorders, lipomas, fibrocystic disease, and fibroadenomas.
Materials and Methods: We aimed to determine the proportion of benign breast diseases in a rural hospital during the COVID pandemic. A retrospective analysis of all breast disorders treated in the Department of Surgery between 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 was performed.
Results: There were 27 patients in our study, with the majority (25) being women and two men. The mean age and duration of symptoms of the study population were 40.45±23.49 (range, 16-71 years) and 5.2±3.8 months respectively.
Conclusion: Even though the number of cases may be lower, the spectrum of benign breast diseases that included fibroadenoma, gynecomastia, fibrocystic disease, phyllodes, and granulomatous mastitis is similar to that of more extensive studies from other institutions.
Keywords: Breast disorders, rural India, population, malignancy, gynecomastia