Lymphocytic Mastopathy – A Rare Entity and A Diagnostic Challenge

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Guillermo Regalo Maria Julia Corbetta Machado

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Maria Julia Corbetta Machado
John Hunter Hospital, University of Newcastle

A B S T R A C T

Lymphocytic mastopathy is a benign rare entity, commonly associated with long standing diabetes. It has also rarely been reported on patients with autoimmune diseases, particularly Sjogren’s syndrome. There are very few cases reported, with the literature suggesting an incidence of <1% of benign breast diseases. Despite being considered a benign disease, lymphocytic mastopathy presents similarly to breast cancer on imaging, posing a diagnostic challenge. This report describes a case of a postmenopausal woman with significant autoimmune history that presented with a right-sided breast lump found to have lymphocytic mastopathy on histology.

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Case Report and Review of the Literature

Publication history

Received: Tue 21, Jan 2020
Accepted: Fri 07, Feb 2020
Published: Thu 20, Feb 2020

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© 2023 Maria Julia Corbetta Machado. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.IJSCR.2020.01.02