title: Localized amyloidosis of the breast associated with invasive lobular carcinoma.
abstract: Here a case of primary amyloidosis of the breast associated with invasive lobular carcinoma is reported with a brief review of the most relevant clinical, radiological and pathological features. The lesion presented as a suspicious mass with particular diffuse hyperechogenicity on the sonographic examination, which in this case can be considered suggestive of amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Unit of Breast Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avda Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain. Jsabate@santpau.es
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sabate
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clotet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Torrubia
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerrero
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pineda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lerma
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Capdevila
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D016896:Treatment Outcome