Open AccessAn audit of excised breast lumps in Ghanaian women
Author(s) -
Michael Ohene-Yeboah
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v24i3.28208
Subject(s) - medicine , fibroadenoma , breast lumps , breast cancer , pathological , prospective cohort study , fibrocystic disease , breast carcinoma , physical examination , carcinoma , surgery , radiology , general surgery , cancer
In our environment, all patients presenting with breast masses insist on complete surgical removal as the preferred treatment option acceptable to them. We report on a 6-year prospective study of the clinical and pathological features of these breasts masses excised for histopathological examination.