title: Diabetic mastopathy: a case report.
abstract: Diabetic mastopathy (DMP) is an uncommon collection of clinical, radiological, and histological features, classically described in premenopausal women with long-term insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. This entity can mimic breast carcinoma, but, in the appropriate clinical and imaging setting, the diagnosis can be made by core biopsy, avoiding unnecessary surgeries. We report the case of a 34-year-old female, with a 12-year history of type 1 diabetes, who presented with bilateral breast lumps. Mammography, ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance imaging could not exclude the suspicion of malignancy, and a core biopsy was performed showing the typical histologic features of DMP. The literature is briefly reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Dr. Alfredo da Costa Maternity, Rua Viriato, 1069-089 Lisbon, Portugal. carla.francisco@gmail.com
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Francisco
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Júlio
authors.forename: Ana Luísa
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Fontes
authors.forename: Inês
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Silveira Reis
authors.forename: Rosário
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valadares
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sereno
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005348:Fibrocystic Breast Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary; D055815:Young Adult