Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2023 Sep;23(3):228-235.
doi: 10.4314/ahs.v23i3.28.

Clinicopathological pattern of breast lesions in children and adolescents

Chukwuemeka Charles Nwafor  1 , Kingsley Uwaemechi Umeh  2 , Emmanuel Benjamin Etuk  2 , Uchechukwu Brian Eziagu  1 , Ikwo Jonathan Kudamnya  1 , Esther Ekwo  3
Affiliations

Clinicopathological pattern of breast lesions in children and adolescents

Chukwuemeka Charles Nwafor et al. Afr Health Sci. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Background: Breast lesions are not common in children and adolescents. The aim of this study is to retrospectively survey the clinicopathological pattern of breast lesions in children and adolescents in our setting.

Materials and method: This is a retrospective study of all breast specimens from children and adolescents that were histopathologically diagnosed in University of Uyo Teaching Hospital.

Results: The youngest patients seen were 11 years old, with mean age of 17.1 ± 1.91. The commonest clinical diagnoses were fibroadenoma (n=134, 72.4%). Thirty-five-point seven percent of the patients presented within 6 months of noticing the lump. The mean size of the lumps was 6.2cm ± 3.9. Fibroadenoma was the most common benign diagnosis and the most common histopathologic diagnosis in this study. The mean age of patients with fibroadenoma was 17.15±1.83.

Conclusion: The pattern of breast lesions in adolescents in Uyo is similar to that from other parts of Nigeria.

Keywords: Adolescents; benign; breast lesions; fibroadenoma.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Yearly distribution of breast specimens in the adolescents, in relation to all breast specimens
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Adolescents overview 2019. UNICEF data: monitoring the situation of children and women. [10/2/2021]. https://data.Unicef.org/topic/adolescents/overview .
    1. Javed A, Lteif A. Development of the Human Breast. Semin Plast Surg. 2013;27:5–12. PubMed. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Childhood cancer. WHO; [10/2/2021]. https://www.who.int/newsroom/fact-sheets/detail/cancer-in-children .
    1. Cancers in children and adolescence. National cancer institute; [06/2/2021]. https://www.cancer.gov/types/childhood-cancers/child-adolescent-cancers-... .
    1. GBD 2017 Childhood Cancer Collaborators, author. The global burden of childhood and adolescent cancer in 2017: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet Oncol. 2019. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources