Abstract
Aim
This study analyzes a number of diabetic mastopathy cases in long-standing type 1 diabetes to obtain a detailed history and examination findings from these patients and to reach a possible conclusion of arriving at the diagnosis.
Subjects and methods
A 10-year retrospective study was done from January 2008 to December 2018 on patients who attended the diabetic outpatient department diagnosed for type 1 diabetes mellitus and presented with breast complaints. Complete history and examination of all these patients were noted. The collected data were analyzed with IBM SPSS Statistics software version 16.0.
Results
All of the patients had a similar presentation and had undergone excision biopsy of the lump. Histopathology examination reports have confirmed a diagnosis of diabetic mastopathy. The clinical and imaging findings are inconclusive and these lesions are often misdiagnosed as breast carcinomas.
Conclusion
The recognition of this rare but benign disease is crucial to avoid surgical biopsies, which are performed more often than necessary.
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The authors acknowledge the support and help provided by Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India (IEC/PG/16/Dec/07/44).
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The study “A breast lump that scares a doctor and the patient equally: unexpected and complicated surgical consequences of long-standing diabetes” was conducted in agreement with the institutional ethical review board of Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India (CSP/17/June/49/2017). This study did not require informed consent from patients.
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Iyyappan, R.P., Vasudevan, A., Bhuvaneswari, T.H. et al. A breast lump that scares a doctor and the patient equally: unexpected and complicated surgical consequences of long-standing diabetes. J Public Health (Berl.) 29, 509–513 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-019-01162-5
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