Amyloidosis of the breast mimicking recurrence in a previously treated early breast cancer.
Amyloid involvement of the breast is infrequently reported and may have clinical and radiological features suspicious for a primary breast malignancy. We describe a case of amyloid of the breast in which asymptomatic mammographic findings were suspicious for locally recurrent disease in a patient with previously treated breast cancer.
Toohey
J M
JM
Department of Radiation Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. jtoohey@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Ismail
K
K
Lonergan
D
D
Lewis
C R
CR
D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging