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J R Soc Med 1998;91:462-464
© 1998 Royal Society of Medicine

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Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, Vol 91, Issue 9 462-464, Copyright © 1998 by Royal Society of Medicine

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The long-term course of mastalgia

EL Davies, CA Gateley, M Miers and RE Mansel
Department of Surgery, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.

Mastalgia is a common condition in women of reproductive years. We have assessed the long-term course in patients with severe mastalgia by distributing a postal questionnaire to 212 patients previously studied in 1983 who had attended the mastalgia clinic at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff. 175 patients (83%) responded, with an original diagnosis of cyclical mastalgia (CM) in 120 and non-cyclical mastalgia (NCM) in 55. The median age of onset of breast pain was 36 years (range 12-63 years). The average duration of pain was long (median 12 years), especially if it started in the second or third decade of life. Pain persisted in 68 (57%) of CM and 35 (64%) of NCM patients. In CM patients resolution was commonly associated with a 'hormonal' event, notably the menopause; in NCM patients it more often seemed to be spontaneous. Severe mastalgia ran a chronic relapsing course often requiring repeated drug treatments.
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