Diabetic mastopathy is a benign (non-cancerous) condition in which fibrous lumps develop in a diabetes patient’s breast. The lumps are normally hard, painless and irregularly shaped. Symptoms may include hard, irregular, easily movable, discrete, painless breast mass. Diabetic mastopathy is more prevalent among women with long-standing type 1 diabetes. It is also more common in women who have micro vascular (small blood vessel). In addition, diabetic mastopathy may affect women with type 2 diabetes or other forms of diabetes.
- The exact cause of diabetic mastopathy is not known. It is thought that high glucose levels in diabetes patients may cause an abnormal collection of cells in the breast, which are then attacked by the body’s immune system. This may lead to the lumps.
- Most women who develop diabetes mastopathy have had diabetes for several years are at the risk of diabetic mastopathy.
- Strong evidence shows that diabetic mastopathy occurs due to type 1 diabetes, although diabetic mastopathy can affect women with type 2 diabetes or other endocrine diseases have also been reported.
- Studies indicate that diabetic mastopathy appears to be more prevalent in women between the ages of 30 and 60 years. However, diabetic mastopathy can occur in younger women because of underdiagnosed condition in younger women as they tend to have breast examinations less frequently than older
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