title: Primary breast amyloidosis presenting as microcalcifications only.
abstract: Amyloidosis is a rare disease characterized by the formation of pathological protein deposits in organs or tissues. It is typically a systemic disease which can occur in a localized form. Amyloidosis of the breast is uncommon. Common mammographic findings of breast amyloidosis are multiple nodules with or without calcifications. We report a case of primary localized breast amyloidosis presenting suspicious microcalcifications on mammography without associated masses. Mammography in a 72-year-old woman displayed multiple, linearly distributed, irregular and rod-like calcifications in the subareolar area of the left breast. The patient underwent surgical excision under mammo-guided needle localization and the pathology was confirmed to be breast amyloidosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea.
authors.forename: Youngsub
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Min Jung
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Han Suk
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Sung Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000075363:Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary
keywords: Amyloidosis; Breast; Microcalcification
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