title: Diabetic mastopathy in an elderly woman: a case report.
abstract: We report a case of diabetic mastopathy in an elderly woman with type II diabetes. The patient, a 66-year-old woman with a 6-year history of diabetes mellitus, has been received an oral diabetic agent. She noticed a lump in her right breast two months previously. Mammography of the breast showed a low density mass, but there was no microcalcification or architectural distortion. Ultrasonography of the lesion revealed a hypoechoic mass with a distinct margin. Fine needle aspiration cytology was performed but sufficient tissue was not obtained. However, a cluster of small epithelial cells with nucleus swelling and increased chromatin was demonstrated. Excisional biopsy was performed and diabetic mastopathy was demonstrated histologically.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery, Fukushima Dai-Ichi Hospital, Fukushima, Japan. tsuchiya1204@ybb.ne.jp
authors.forename: Atsuo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Rikiya
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Kageyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Seino
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akuzawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans