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Objective: Reduction mammaplasty is a common surgical procedure that yields a variable amount of tissue for pathologic examination. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the histological diagnoses of the reduction mammaplasty specimens and to determine the incidence of breast lesions in otherwise asymptomatic and healthy Jordanian females.

Methods: All reduction mammaplasty specimens of 73 patients over a 10-year period (September 1999–September 2009) at Jordan University Hospital were retrospectively examined. The average number of blocks submitted per breast was 4 (range 3-5). Variables such as age and preoperative mammograms were examined.

Results: A total of 143 specimens were evaluated. Normal mammary tissue was present in 36 patients (49%). The most common benign lesion was fibrocystic disease (21%). Precancerous breast lesions were identified in 7 patients (9.6%). No …