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Diabetic mastopathy in an elderly woman misdiagnosed as breast cancer: A case report and review of the literature

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World J Clin Cases. 2021 May 16;9(14):3458-3465. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i14.3458.

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Diabetic mastopathy is a rare benign disease in clinical practice that mainly occurs in young and middle-aged women with type 1 diabetes. It has also been reported that this disease can be found in patients with type 2 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, such as Hashimoto's thyroiditis, as well as in men. The pathogenesis of diabetic mastopathy is not yet clear, and it is easily confused with breast cancer due to their similar clinical manifestations and imaging features.

CASE SUMMARY: A 69-year-old female patient was admitted because of painless breast masses, with a history of type 2 diabetes. The imaging and physical examination suggested a high risk of breast cancer. Further histopathological analysis showed dense lymphocytes infiltrating around the lobules of the breast, and extensive fibrosis of the surrounding stroma. Finally, diabetic mastopathy was diagnosed.

CONCLUSION: The diagnosis of diabetic mastopathy in elderly patients with painless breast masses is difficult to distinguish from breast cancer, and its imaging manifestations are not specific.

PMID:34002158 | PMC:PMC8107902 | DOI:10.12998/wjcc.v9.i14.3458

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