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Diabetic mastopathy
Other Names for this Disease
- Diabetic fibrous breast disease
- Diabetic fibrous mastopathy
- Lymphocytic mastitis
- Lymphocytic mastopathy
- Sclerosing lymphocytic lobulitis
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Overview
Diabetic mastopathy are noncancerous lesions in the breast most commonly diagnosed in premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes.[1][2][3] The cause of this condition is unknown.[1][2][3][4][5] Symptoms may include hard, irregular, easily movable, discrete, painless breast mass(es).[1][4][6]
References
- Keyoung JA Zuurbier CA, Tsangaris TN, Azumi N, Makariou E. Applied Radiology. 2003. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/462248_3. Accessed October 15, 2009.
- Honda M, Mori Y, Nishi T, Mizuguchi K, Ishibashi M. Diabetic mastopathy of bilateral breasts in an elderly Japanese woman with type 2 diabetes: a case report and a review of the literature in Japan. Intern Med. Epub 2007 Sep 14. http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/46/18/1573/_pdf. Accessed October 15, 2009.
- Sotome K, Ohnishi T, Miyoshi R, Nakamaru M, Furukawa A, Miyazaki H, Morozumi K, Tanaka Y, Iri H. Breast Cancer. 2006. http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jbcs/13/2/205/_pdf. Accessed October 15, 2009.
- Tsung JS, Wang TY, Lin CK. J Formos Med Assoc. 2005. http://ajws.elsevier.com/ajws_archive/200511041A2462.pdf. Accessed October 15, 2009.
- Ely KA, Tse G, Simpson JF, Clarfeld R, Page DL. Am J Clin Pathol. 2000 Apr. http://ajcp.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,10,16;journal,96,99;linkingpublicationresults,1:300401,1. Accessed October 15, 2009.
- What you need to know about breast cancer. National Cancer Institute. http://ajws.elsevier.com/ajws_archive/200511041A2462.pdf. Accessed October 15, 2009.
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Selected Full-Text Journal Articles
- Ely RA, Tse G, Simpson JF, Clarfeld R, Page D. Diabetic Mastopathy: Clinicopathologic Review. Anatomic Pathology. 2000; 113:541-545.