[A case report of mastopathy with cartilagenous and osseous metaplasia].
A case of mastopathy with cartilagenous and osseous metaplasia is reported. The patient is a 57-year-old Japanese woman complaining of a tumor measuring around 1.2 cm in diameter near the nipple of the left breast. The xeromammographic diagnosis was adenosis with calcification. Histological examination identified an intracystic tumor composed of papilloma and adenosis with cartilagenous and osseous metaplasia. This is the first Japanese case of its kind.
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002356:Cartilage / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008679:Metaplasia; D008875:Middle Aged; D010212:Papilloma / Q000473:pathology*