title: Case report: primary systemic amyloidosis presenting as breast masses, mammographically simulating carcinoma.
abstract: A case of primary systemic amyloidosis presenting as bilateral breast masses is described. The mammographic appearance was of multiple ill-defined masses associated with clustered microcalcifications simulating carcinoma. This is the first case of amyloid of breast reported in the radiological literature. Other available literature of breast involvement in systemic amyloidosis is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, UHS, Chicago Medical School, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Illinois 60608.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hecht
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography