Use of Fine-Needle Aspiration in the Evaluation of Breast Lumps

Table 3

Comparison of distribution of inflammatory lesions.

Benign Lesions on cytology (𝑛=171)	Cytology	Histopathology
		FA	FSD	FAN	FEH	AEH	BPh	Malignant
Fibroadenomas	70 (41%)	60	6	3	0	0	1	0
Fibrocystic disease	90 (52.6%)	10	70	5	3	1	1	0
Benign proliferative diseases	6 (9%)	0	0	2	3	0	1	0
Benign phyllodes	5 (3%)	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total	171	72	76	10	6	1	6	0

FA: fibroadenoma, FCD: fibrocystic disease, FAN: fibroadenosis, AEH: atypical epithelial hyperplasia, FEH: florid epithelial Hyperplasia, and BPh: Benign Phyllodes.