A 3 Year Retrospective Cytological Analysis of All Breast Lesions in Peri-Menopausal and Post-Menopausal Women in Tertiary Health Care Center, Gwalior M.P

OBJECTIVE - To investigate the prevalence of breast lesions in peri-menopausal and post menopausal womens (40-80 year age group). INTODUCTION-Breast cancer is the 2nd most common malignant tumor of womens between 40 and greater than44 year of age. Breast cancer account 32 % of all pre and postmenopausal female cancer and is responsible for 19 % of death which is second leading cause of cancer related mortality among females after lung cancer. MATERIAL AND METHOD- A retrospective cytological analysis of breast lesions, encountered over 3 year (january2014 to December2016) RESULT- Study includes 322 cases of breast lesions. The cases were divided into 3 age groups (40-49, 50-59, greater than60 years). Most of the patients were in the age group of 40-49 (53 %) and the least number of patients were found in age group greater than60 (18.3 %). The breast lesions were categorized on the basis of cytological analysis. The most frequent lesion was ductal cell carcinoma (46.5 %) followed by fibroadenoma (14.5 %) CONCLUSION- carcinoma is the most common lesion in the present study. The study confirms the view, that FNAC of breast is one the most valuable tool in early diagnosis and management of breast lump. KEY WORDS- Breast lesions, FNAC, peri-menopausal women, post menopausal women.