1988
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1988.tb06200.x
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Amyloid Tumour of the Breast Simulating Carcinoma

Abstract: A case is presented of a 55‐year old woman with longstanding rheumatoid arthritis who presented with a lump in her right breast and a markedly enlarged right axillary lymph node. Carcinoma of the breast with lymphadenopathy was diagnosed clinically, but excisional biopsy revealed an amyloid tumour of the breast and amyloid lymphadenopathy. Aniyloid tutnour of the breast is an infrequently reported lesion and the association of axillary lymphadenopathy has not been reported before. The literature is reviewed an… Show more

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“…As described here, amyloid deposits in the breast may present as either periductal, interstitial, or vascular deposits. While periductal amyloidosis may lead to obstruction and atrophy of the lactiferous ducts, and vascular deposits may be quite extensive, no symptoms attributable to periductal or vascular amyloid depositions have been described for the breast [1,2,5,7,8,9,10,11,15,17,18,19,20,23,24,26,27,28,29,30,32,37,39,43]. Clinically, amyloidosis of the breast presents as either a mass lesion, general tenderness, peau d'orange, or without any symptoms [1,2,5,7,8,9,10,11,15,17,18,19,20,23,24,26,27,28,29,30,32,37,39,…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As described here, amyloid deposits in the breast may present as either periductal, interstitial, or vascular deposits. While periductal amyloidosis may lead to obstruction and atrophy of the lactiferous ducts, and vascular deposits may be quite extensive, no symptoms attributable to periductal or vascular amyloid depositions have been described for the breast [1,2,5,7,8,9,10,11,15,17,18,19,20,23,24,26,27,28,29,30,32,37,39,43]. Clinically, amyloidosis of the breast presents as either a mass lesion, general tenderness, peau d'orange, or without any symptoms [1,2,5,7,8,9,10,11,15,17,18,19,20,23,24,26,27,28,29,30,32,37,39,…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The breast is infrequently affected by amyloid; deposits in the skin, cornea, nasal cavity and upper respiratory tract being more common. Primary amyloid tumour of the breast is a very unusual cause of a breast lump, with only 14 documented cases in the literature 1–7 . Consequently the behaviour of such lesions is not well understood.…”
Section: Amyloid Tumour Of the Breast Mimicking Carcinomamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Amyloidablagerungen in der Mamma können im Rahmen einer generalisierten Amyloidose oder auch als organlimitierte tumorförmige Amyloidablagerungen in Erscheinung treten. Generalisierte Amyloidosen mit Manifestationen in der Brustdrüse wurden bei Plasmozytomen [12,16,18,24] und bei rheumatoider Arthritis [7,19,25] in Form diffuser, bilateraler, aber auch unilateraler, tumorförmiger Ablagerungen (Amyloidtumoren) beschrieben. Dabei handelt es sich um Beobachtungen nach Biopsien wie nach Autopsien bei klinisch häufig okkulten Manifestationen [1,16].…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…1). Diese oft tumorförmigen Amyloidablagerungen der Mamma erwecken durch ihre Form und Konsistenz wie durch herdförmige Kalzifikationen klinisch den Verdacht auf ein Mammakarzinom und sind auch durch Feinnadel-und Stanzbiopsien in Einzelfällen diagnostiziert worden [7,11,23]. Die vorliegende Kasuistik soll die damit verbundenen klinischen und diagnostischen Fragen verdeutlichen, die sich auch aus der ungewöhnlichen Koinzidenz mit einem unilateralen Karzinom und mit einem Sjögren-Syndrom ergeben haben.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified