Diabetic mastopathy mimicking breast cancer.
Diabetic mastopathy is a source of diagnostic confusion with breast carcinoma. The association between mastopathy and Type I and II diabetes of long duration has been reported, but this clinical condition is poorly recognized since the clinical, mammographic, and sonographic findings simulate breast cancer. We report a case of diabetic fibrous mastopathy with suspicious clinical and imaging findings in order to draw the attention of physicians to this possibility when encountering similar lesions in the breast of diabetic patients.
Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. rywakana@nms.ac.jp
Ryusuke
R
Murakami
Shin-ichiro
S
Kumita
Kaori
K
Yamaguchi
Tatsuo
T
Ueda
D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography