Retrospective Analysis of Women with Only Mastalgia.
OBJECTIVE
Mastalgia is the most common symptom in women, who has gone under breast imaging. 70% of women face with mastalgia at least once in their lifetime. In our study, we aimed to investigate the examinations and the results of the females referred to our outpatient clinics with mastalgia and to determine the frequency of malignancy.


METHODS
Files of all women patients referred to General Surgery Outpatient Clinics between 01.06.2014-31.05.2015 has been investigated retrospectively. Cases only with breast pain complaint (n=789) out of 2798 women has been included in the study. Women with lump in breast, nipple discharge, redness, breast retraction and pregnant and lactating women were excluded. Breast examination findings, ultrasonography (USG), mammography results, whether biopsies are done or not and diagnoses have been investigated retrospectively.


RESULTS
Mean age was 42.97±12.36 (16-74) years. 59.7% (n=471) of the women had bilateral mastalgia and 91.1% (n=719) of the breast examinations were found to be normal. USG was required from 664 (84.2%) women and mammography was required from 448 (56.8%) women. Considering diagnoses; fibrocystic changes in 32.3% (n=201), ductal ectasia in 8.8% (n=55), fibroadenomas in 6.1% (n=38), reactive lymphoid hyperplasia in 1.1% (n=7) was observed. Only 1 (0.2%) woman was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma.


CONCLUSIONS
According to researches, 0.5% of the women with mastalgia were diagnosed with breast cancer. In our study this rate was found as 0.2%. Women with only mastalgia without any abnormality in physical examination should be informed about dealing with pain.
Clinic of Family Medicine, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Mehmet
M
Arslan
Clinic of Family Medicine, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Halime Seda
HS
Küçükerdem
Clinic of Family Medicine, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Hüseyin
H
Can
Clinic of General Medicine, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey.
Ercüment
E
Tarcan
Cancer; frequency; mastodynia