Mammography and diagnostic difficulties of breast diseases

The diagnostic problem of breast pathologies has long been posed in Africa, particularly in Burkina Faso. This difficulty could be inherent to an inadequate technical platform, a lack of professionals and limited access of the population to care [25; 70]. The objective of this study was to determine the place of mammography in the diagnosis of breast diseases at the YO University Hospital in Ouagadougou. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. We carried out a non-probability sampling, taking into account all registered patients with a breast pathology. We counted 213 patients, 95.4% of whom were women and 4.6% men, i.e. a sex ratio of 0.05. The average age of the patients was 41.5 years. Mammography was performed in 20.66% of patients, mainly because of its exorbitant cost, low availability and low prescription. Abnormalities were found in 73.1% of these patients. Lesions suspected of malignancy were frequent in patients aged 43 to 52 years (91%). The CRs were not standardized. Histology followed 59.09% of mammography.