title: Painful diabetic mastopathy as a reason for mastectomy.
abstract: A 34 year old woman with longstanding insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus experienced disabling bilateral breast pain and tenderness associated with the benign breast lesions of diabetic mastopathy. Diabetic mastopathy is typically associated with nontender lesions, however we present a case where disabling pain and tenderness lead to bilateral mastectomy, as requested by the patient. This relieved the patient of her symptoms.
authors.affiliation: St. Vincent's BreastScreen, St. Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Vic., Australia.
authors.forename: Wendy L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Perret
authors.forename: Frank A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Malara
authors.forename: Prue A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Jennifer N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Cawson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications