Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass

Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass

Diabetic mastopathy is an uncommon, benign disease of the breast that can occur in women with diabetes and clinically mimic breast cancer. We describe a patient with long-standing type 1 diabetes who presented with a palpable breast mass with negative imaging findings on mammography, ultrasonography...

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Main Authors: Uma Thanarajasingam, Beiyun Chen, Cindy L. Tortorelli, James W. Jakub, Karthik Ghosh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/162350
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spelling doaj-8ac6cd6747cd4e0d860a77a76be887db2020-11-24T20:52:25ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352011-01-01201110.1155/2011/162350162350Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast MassUma Thanarajasingam0Beiyun Chen1Cindy L. Tortorelli2James W. Jakub3Karthik Ghosh4Department of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USADepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USADepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USADepartment of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USADepartment of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USADiabetic mastopathy is an uncommon, benign disease of the breast that can occur in women with diabetes and clinically mimic breast cancer. We describe a patient with long-standing type 1 diabetes who presented with a palpable breast mass with negative imaging findings on mammography, ultrasonography, and breast MRI. Surgical biopsy and histopathology confirmed diabetic mastopathy. We use this case to highlight the recognition, radiographic features, pathology, and management of this benign breast condition and emphasize that, in diabetic patients, the differential diagnosis of a new breast mass should include diabetic mastopathy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/162350
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Beiyun Chen
Cindy L. Tortorelli
James W. Jakub
Karthik Ghosh
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Beiyun Chen
Cindy L. Tortorelli
James W. Jakub
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Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass
Case Reports in Medicine
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Beiyun Chen
Cindy L. Tortorelli
James W. Jakub
Karthik Ghosh
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title Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass
title_short Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass
title_full Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass
title_fullStr Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass
title_full_unstemmed Diabetic Mastopathy as a Radiographically Occult Palpable Breast Mass
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publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Medicine
issn 1687-9627
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publishDate 2011-01-01
description Diabetic mastopathy is an uncommon, benign disease of the breast that can occur in women with diabetes and clinically mimic breast cancer. We describe a patient with long-standing type 1 diabetes who presented with a palpable breast mass with negative imaging findings on mammography, ultrasonography, and breast MRI. Surgical biopsy and histopathology confirmed diabetic mastopathy. We use this case to highlight the recognition, radiographic features, pathology, and management of this benign breast condition and emphasize that, in diabetic patients, the differential diagnosis of a new breast mass should include diabetic mastopathy.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/162350
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