Primary Breast Amyloidosis Presenting as Microcalcifications Only.
10.3348/kjr.2013.14.5.723
- Author:
Youngsub SHIM
1
;
Min Jung KIM
;
Han Suk RYU
;
Sung Hee PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Gachon University Gil Hospital, Incheon 405-760, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Breast;
Amyloidosis;
Microcalcification
- MeSH:
Aged;
Amyloidosis/pathology/*ultrasonography;
Breast/pathology;
Breast Diseases/pathology/*ultrasonography;
Calcinosis/*diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Female;
Humans;
Ultrasonography, Mammary
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2013;14(5):723-726
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Amyloidosis is a rare disease characterized by the formation of pathological protein deposits in organs or tissues. It is typically a systemic disease which can occur in a localized form. Amyloidosis of the breast is uncommon. Common mammographic findings of breast amyloidosis are multiple nodules with or without calcifications. We report a case of primary localized breast amyloidosis presenting suspicious microcalcifications on mammography without associated masses. Mammography in a 72-year-old woman displayed multiple, linearly distributed, irregular and rod-like calcifications in the subareolar area of the left breast. The patient underwent surgical excision under mammo-guided needle localization and the pathology was confirmed to be breast amyloidosis.
