title: Varicosity of a single breast: a rare entity.
abstract: Varicosity of the breasts is a rare clinical entity that may lead to symptoms such as prominent vascular markings over the breasts and may be painless; in long-standing cases it can lead to recurrent bleeding episodes. Bilateral venous affection in the breasts has been described in the literature; however, unilateral affection is a rarely documented phenomenon. Since vascular affliction of a single breast is rare and there is inherent difficulty in obtaining a histopathological diagnosis against a background of suspicion of malignancy, it is always challenging to provide optimal management to the patient. We are reporting a rare case of a 42-year-old, postmenopausal Indian woman with a long-standing history of unilateral varicosity of the left breast, who was treated successfully with a simple mastectomy; postoperative histopathology was consistent with benign vascular lesion, that is, angiomatosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vinod
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Samir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vaibhav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Saumya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery