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Other names people use for this condition
  • Diabetic fibrous breast disease
  • Diabetic fibrous mastopathy
  • Lymphocytic mastitis
  • Lymphocytic mastopathy
  • Sclerosing lymphocytic lobulitis
  • Sclerosing lymphocytic lobulitis of the breast

Diabetic mastopathy
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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][6] Symptoms may include hard, irregular, easily movable, discrete, painless breast mass(es).[1][4][5]

References
  1. Keyoung JA Zuurbier CA, Tsangaris TN, Azumi N, Makariou E. . Applied Radiology. 2003;:. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/462248_3. April 1, 2008.
  2. 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;:. Available at: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/46/18/1573/_pdf. April 1, 2008.
  3. Sotome K, Ohnishi T, Miyoshi R, Nakamaru M, Furukawa A, Miyazaki H, Morozumi K, Tanaka Y, Iri H. . Breast Cancer. 2006;:. Available at: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jbcs/13/2/205/_pdf. April 1, 2008.
  4. Tsung JS, Wang TY, Lin CK. . J Formos Med Assoc. 2005;:. Available at: http://ajws.elsevier.com/ajws_archive/200511041A2462.pdf. April 1, 2008.
  5. What you need to know about breast cancer. National Cancer Institute. 2005 Available at: http://ajws.elsevier.com/ajws_archive/200511041A2462.pdf. Accessed April 1, 2008.
  6. Ely KA, Tse G, Simpson JF, Clarfeld R, Page DL. . Am J Clin Pathol. 2000 Apr;:. Available at: http://ajcp.metapress.com/app/home/contribution.asp?referrer=parent&backto=issue,10,16;journal,96,99;linkingpublicationresults,1:300401,1. April 2, 2008.

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