Diabetic mastopathy is an unusual stromal fibrotic lesion, but typically occurs in longstanding insulin dependent and younger
diabetic patients. We report a case of diabetic mastopathy in an older diabetic patient. The patient was a 76-year-old woman
with a history of type 2 diabetes mellitus for 13 years and 3 years of insulin treatment. She developed a 3 cm, hard, mobile
nodule in the left breast. Mammograhy revealed a dense mass. Ultrasonography showed an irregular-shaped hypoechoic lesion
with an unclear boundary and acoustic shadowing. Since fine needle aspiration biopsy delivered insufficient material and core
needle biopsy did not yield any specific findings for diagnosis, clinically diabetic mastopathy was the prime suspect but
breast cancer could be completely ruled out. Surgical excision was thus performed and diabetic mastopathy was confirmed pathologically.
We report on this rare case of diabetic mastopathy in a 76 year-old type 2 diabetic patient.
Key words Diabetic mastopathy - Type 2 diabetes mellitus - Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 11 3-8655, Japan.