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Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report
INTRODUCTION: Involution of lactation is a physiological process. Rarely, it may be delayed and troublesome for the lactating woman. Though lactation-induced changes in breast are well known, morphological features of delayed involution are not clear. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 22-year...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18851738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-327 |
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author | Kumar, Yashwant Chahal, Alka Garg, Monika Bhatia, Alka Mahajan, NC Ganju, Anil |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Involution of lactation is a physiological process. Rarely, it may be delayed and troublesome for the lactating woman. Though lactation-induced changes in breast are well known, morphological features of delayed involution are not clear. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 22-year-old lactating mother who presented with a painful, non-resolving breast mass 5 months after delivery. Clinically, it simulated an inflammatory carcinoma. Histopathology, however, revealed involuting lactational changes. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, lactational involution with such a presentation has not been described in the English literature. The case needs to be reported so that this entity can be considered among the differential diagnoses of breast masses in a lactating patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-25720692008-10-24 Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report Kumar, Yashwant Chahal, Alka Garg, Monika Bhatia, Alka Mahajan, NC Ganju, Anil J Med Case Reports Case Report INTRODUCTION: Involution of lactation is a physiological process. Rarely, it may be delayed and troublesome for the lactating woman. Though lactation-induced changes in breast are well known, morphological features of delayed involution are not clear. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 22-year-old lactating mother who presented with a painful, non-resolving breast mass 5 months after delivery. Clinically, it simulated an inflammatory carcinoma. Histopathology, however, revealed involuting lactational changes. CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, lactational involution with such a presentation has not been described in the English literature. The case needs to be reported so that this entity can be considered among the differential diagnoses of breast masses in a lactating patient. BioMed Central 2008-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2572069/ /pubmed/18851738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-327 Text en Copyright © 2008 Kumar et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Kumar, Yashwant Chahal, Alka Garg, Monika Bhatia, Alka Mahajan, NC Ganju, Anil Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report |
title | Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report |
title_full | Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report |
title_fullStr | Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report |
title_short | Delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report |
title_sort | delayed involution of lactation presenting as a non-resolving breast mass: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572069/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18851738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-2-327 |
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