Is contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) helpful in differentiating diabetic mastopathy from breast carcinoma?

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2016 Oct;60(5):639-641. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.12446. Epub 2016 Mar 30.

Abstract

Diabetic mastopathy (DM) is a rare benign inflammatory disease of the breast, which nevertheless gives suspicious image of malignancy by breast ultrasound and mammography. MRI studies of this disease have indicated both nonspecific enhancement and non-enhancement of the lesion, depending on its degree of lymphocytic infiltration. This is the first case report discussing the appearances of DM on CESM, a novel mammographic technique.

Keywords: breast imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Breast / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diabetes Complications / complications*
  • Female
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fibrocystic Breast Disease / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mammography*
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary