Descriptive analysis of the cytological and histopathological diagnosis in malignant breast masses : experience at King Hussien Medical Center

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Objectives : to determine the usefulness of both fine needle aspiration (FNA) and the tissue core biopsy (TCBx) in diagnosis and management of breast malignancy, and to correlate their results in a certain group of patients.

Method : we reviewed the cytological and histopathological reports of malignant breast masses which were released at Princess Iman Laboratory& Research Center/ King Hussein Medical center, Amman-Jordan over a period of three years, from March 2013 till March 2016.

Results : two hundred thirty patients with malignant breast masses were included in the study, the vast majority were females ( 225) with few male patients(5).

The patients’ age ranged from 34 to 94 years.

More patients had tumours in the Right breast (119).

All the cases were proved by tissue tru-cut core biopsy (TCBx) to have malignancy mostly carcinomas.

One hundred fifty eight patients were diagnosed as malignant by the fine needle aspiration procedure (FNA), all of which were confirmed by tissue biopsy histopathological assessment.

The rest of cases were labeled either suspicious, atypical or benign by FNA and some were inadequate samples.

Conclusion : although the FNA is an easy, simple and cost effective procedure, the tissue core biopsy histopathological examination is the cornerstone method in diagnosing patients with breast malignancy.