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A case of diabetic mastopathy in a man with type 2 diabetes mellitus

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We report a rare case of diabetic mastopathy in man with type 2 diabetes. The patient was a 64-year-old man who had suffered from type 2 diabetes for 18 years. He had poor glycemic control, and also had retinopathy and nephropathy. Seven years ago, he had undergone a mastectomy on the left side because of a breast mass. However, pathogenesis of the resected mass was not known. He developed a hard and mobile mass (diameter 4 cm) under the nipple of his right breast and complained of slight pain. Mammography revealed a dense mass without calcification, and ultrasonography revealed a hypoechoic lesion with unclear boundaries, acoustic shadows, and Doppler color flow. When a core needle aspiration biopsy was performed to exclude breast cancer the mass was diagnosed as diabetic mastopathy. As far as we know, this was the second case of diabetic mastopathy involving a man to occur in Japan.

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  1. Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Yokohamashi Tobu Hospital, 3-6-1 Shimosueyoshi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-8765, Japan

    Eiko Yoshida, Mariko Higa, Takamasa Ichijo & Hiromi Ouchi

  2. Fujisawa Goshomi Hospital, 580 Osogou, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0825, Japan

    Ikuo Hayano & Sho Isogai

  3. Division of Breast Surgery, Shonan Memorial Hospital, 2-2-60 Fueda, Kamakura, Kanagawa, 248-0027, Japan

    Takako Doi

  4. 3-9 Fukuura Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 230-0002, Japan

    Eiko Yoshida

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Yoshida, E., Higa, M., Ichijo, T. et al. A case of diabetic mastopathy in a man with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetol Int 5, 249–253 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13340-014-0163-1

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