Prevalence of Breast fibroadenoma among patient attended breast clinic in Mosul district in Iraq

Abstract

Background: The  most prominent benign tumor of the female breast is fibroadenoma. It is particularly prevalent among young women around the world. 
Objective(s): Identification of the most common risk factors for fibroadenoma among Iraqi women in the city of Mosul, which contributes  to  early  classify  women  who  are  at  high  risk  of developing breast cancer after being diagnosed with fibroadenoma. Method: The biometry study design was adopted from Jan 2020 to Dec 2020 from Al-Jamhoori and Al-Kansa hospitals in the city of Mosul where have been included 102 patients in this study. Cases were  identified  from  biopsies  examined  at  the  two  hospitals'' pathology departments and were included in the study only if the diagnosis was reconfirmed by the study pathologist. 
Results: Fibroadenoma was diagnosed at an average age of 32.6 years.  Fibroadenoma  (FA)  was  shown  to  increase  the  risk  of participant characteristics considered to increase the risk of breast cancer with family history and higher education. Participants with established FA protective features (older age at menarche, more children) were shown to have a lower risk of fibroadenoma. Conclusion: 
We  demonstrated  that  biopsy-confirmed  fibroadenomas  can  be detected early.  Biopsy confirmation of a fibroadenoma may be more prevalent more likely in older women, thus, caution is needed if the findings are to be applied to fibroadenomas diagnosed at a younger age.