title: [Surgical approach of breast nodules during pregnancy].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Only in Mexico, about four thousand women die from breast cancer of which 11 thousand are diagnosed. Is undoubtedly the most malignant disease throughout the world are diagnosed each year as over one million every year and the figure grows.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the results of six years of experience in the therapeutic treatment of breast nodules during pregnancy which describes the treatment, establishing the diagnosis of breast biopsies, reported complications associated with obtaining the same.
  
  
  METHODS
  We reviewed a database of search terms: pregnancy and breast nodule from January 1 2001 to December 31, 2006.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 20 lesions found, 19 were diagnosed with ultrasound as a solid type of injury, and as a mixed lesion. 18 biopsies were performed on pregnant women and post-natal period. In 10 (50%) patients, biopsy was performed by fine needle aspiration. In 13 of the patients were breast fibroadenoma, and only one was diagnosed with infiltrating ductal carcinoma le. In 10 patients operated lumpectomy was performed. A patient in modified radical mastectomy was performed because of the finding of ductal carcinoma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study was the Breast fibroadenoma lesion was found in more common. In our experience with the management of breast nodules in pregnancy, we can say that most of the lesions are benign, and usually are commonly encountered pathologies in nonpregnant women. In the case of diagnosing breast cancer, we must make the decision about the best treatment to offer the best possible forecasts.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ontologia Ginecologica, Instituto Nacional de Perinatologia Isidro Espinosa de los Reyes.
authors.forename: Sandra Elia
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Pérez Monter
authors.forename: Ana Cristina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Arteaga Gómez
authors.forename: Viridiana
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gorbea Chávez
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Aranda Flores
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult