Primary Breast Amyloidosis Presenting as Microcalcifications Only
- Authors
- Shim, Youngsub; Kim, Min Jung; Ryu, Han Suk; Park, Sung Hee
- Issue Date
- Sep-2013
- Publisher
- KOREAN RADIOLOGICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Breast; Amyloidosis; Microcalcification
- Citation
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, v.14, no.5, pp.723 - 726
- Journal Title
- KOREAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY
- Volume
- 14
- Number
- 5
- Start Page
- 723
- End Page
- 726
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/14348
- DOI
- 10.3348/kjr.2013.14.5.723
- ISSN
- 1229-6929
- 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.
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