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

Intern Med. 2009;48(11):915-9. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.1834. Epub 2009 Jun 1.

Abstract

We report a case of diabetic mastopathy in a man with type 2 diabetes. The patient was a 62-year-old man who had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at the age of 46 years. He had been treated with oral hypoglycemic agents. He noticed a mass in his left breast in February 2007, when HbA(1)c was 7.6% with the treatment using oral hypoglycemic agents, including acarbose, glimepiride, buformine, and pioglitazone. Mammography of the breast showed increased density, and ultrasonography showed a regular-shaped hypoechoic mass. Core needle biopsy was performed, and diabetic mastopathy was confirmed pathologically. Diabetic mastopathy usually occurs in women with type 1 diabetes. This case, a man with type 2 diabetes, is very rare.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / diagnosis*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / etiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rare Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Rare Diseases / etiology