The Morphology of Breast Cancer Mass in Woman Patients, Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen

Abstract

Background and Objective: The breast cancer is a main important disease of woman in Thailand and all over the world. The prevalence is increasing in every year. The morphology and the external appearance between benign and malignant breast tumor is very similar and difficult to identify. If the pathological gross examination can be identified their differentiation, it will give maximize the benefit for patients.

Methods :  Selected case of the female patients who got MRM in Srinagarind hospital in 2009, and register the selected cases. The clinical and pathological diagnosis were recorded. Revealed their gross examination, size, color, cut section, cyst, etc.

Results :  From the study of 168 breast cancer woman patients. Invasive ductal carcinoma is the most common of breast cancer. The tumors were presented in left side, right side and both sides. They were located in the outer/upper, inner/upper, outer/ lower and inner/lower. The morphology revealed ill-defined mass, firm consistency, cystic lesions with steak sand dot and mucinous cysts.

Conclusion :  The size of tumors was varying from 0.5 to 10 cm. The morphology revealed ill-defined border, firm consistency, gray-white colored, multiple cystic lesions with steak sand dot. There was only one case showed mix types with mucin cystic lesions. The tumor was presented in left side more than right side for 2.4%. The most common location of tumor was outer/upper.