title: Benign breast diseases: epidemiology, evaluation, and management.
abstract: Benign breast diseases are common and encompass a spectrum of disorders. The majority of diagnoses will stem from a patient presenting with symptoms such as a mass or discomfort, or as a result of breast imaging which shows abnormalities leading to percutaneous biopsy. When mammographic and pathologic findings are disconcordant or when a high-risk lesion that can be associated with a preinvasive or invasive malignancy is found, formal excisional biopsy is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15228, USA.
authors.forename: Bunja
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rungruang
authors.forename: Joseph L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kelley
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors