Fibrous disease of the breast, thyroiditis, and cheiroarthropathy in type I diabetes mellitus.
Fibrous breast lumps were noted in 12 women with longstanding type I diabetes mellitus who had multiple diabetic complications including cheiroarthropathy (11 of 12). 5 of the 12 women also had thyroid microsomal antibodies (greater than 1:1000). The coexistence of cheiroarthropathy and fibrosis of the breasts raises the possibility of a common link related to the connective-tissue abnormalities observed in diabetes. Although autoimmunity may also be a factor, HLA histocompatibility typing did not indicate that these patients formed a distinct subgroup of type I diabetics.
D000328:Adult; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000150:complications; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications; D003930:Diabetic Retinopathy / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D013966:Thyroiditis / Q000150:complications*