title: Solitary amyloid tumour of breast--a case report.
abstract: 45 years old woman with solitary amyloid tumor of breast is described. Clinically, the breast mass was hard and was suspicious of carcinoma. Microscopically there was no neoplasia. Instead there was extensive fibrosis with amyloid deposition in perivascular periductal areas and also in intervening stroma. The presence of amyloid was confirmed by Special stains and by Polarised microscope. Investigations revealed no evidence of systemic amyloidosis or amyloid related illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jaswal
authors.forename: Nisha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Marwah
authors.forename: Sunita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Sumiti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marwah
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Arora
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid