THE PREVALENCE OF FIBROCYSTIC CHANGES IN MAMMOPLASTY SPECIMEN REFERRED TO HAZRAT FATEMEH HOSPITAL FROM 1994 TO 2002

Fibrocystic changes represent the most common disorder of the breast which its prevalence is reported up to 59% in journals. Hormonal imbalance is considered to be basic to the development of this disorder and is diagnosed frequently between the age of 20 to 40 years. The most clinical presentings are palpable mass or mammographic densities and calcifications or nipple discharge. In morphology many changes may be presented as fibrosis adenosis and cysts. The proliferative breast disease elevate the risk of developing cancer. In this study we evaluated the prevalence of fibrocystic changes in mammoplasty specimens from 1994 to 2002 in Hazrat Fatemeh Hospital. The goal of this research was to evaluate the prevalence of fibrocystic changes in asymptomatic patients on whom mammoplasty was operated only for cosmetic aspects. All these specimens were examined by a pathologist. The importance of this research was to show the high prevalence of these changes and not to confuse them with breast malignancies. The method was based on referring to pathology file of Hazrat Fatemeh Hospital in years mentioned above. The results represented 39 cases with fibrocystic changes from 83 mammoplasty specimens referred to pathology ward (47%). The age varied between 32 to 57 years old with average of 42 years. This study is unique in this category.