Diabetic Mastopathy: An Uncommon Complication of Diabetes Mellitus | Zendy

R. X. Kirby | Zendy; D. I. G. Mitchell | Zendy; Nadia P. Williams | Zendy; D Cornwall | Zendy; Shamir O Cawich | Zendy

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Diabetic Mastopathy: An Uncommon Complication of Diabetes Mellitus

Author(s) -

R. X. Kirby,

D. I. G. Mitchell,

Nadia P. Williams,

D Cornwall,

Shamir O Cawich

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

case reports in surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-6900

pISSN - 2090-6919

DOI - 10.1155/2013/198502

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , fibrosis , breast lumps , adipose tissue , complication , surgery , hyaline , biopsy , differential diagnosis , disease , pathology , breast cancer , endocrinology , cancer

. Whilst most consequences of diabetes mellitus are well recognized, breast-related complications remain obscure. The term diabetic mastopathy (DMP) attempts to describe the breast-related consequences of diabetes. Methods . We report the clinicopathologic findings in a patient with DMP and review the literature on this uncommon entity. Results . A 33-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes had excision biopsy of a 2 cm breast lump. Histopathologic evaluation revealed classic features of DMP: parenchymal fibrosis; keloid-like hyalinization of interlobular stroma; adipose tissue entrapment; lobular compression; dense chronic inflammatory cell infiltration; and lymphoid follicle formation. Conclusion . Clinicians should be aware of DMP as a differential for breast disease in women with uncontrolled diabetes.

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