Kumar Yashwant, Chahal Alka, Garg Monika, Bhatia Alka, Mahajan N C, Ganju Anil
Department of Pathology, Maharshi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Mullana, Ambala Haryana, India.
J Med Case Rep. 2008 Oct 13;2:327. doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-327.
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.
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.
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.
哺乳期乳腺 involution 是一个生理过程。极少数情况下,它可能会延迟,给哺乳期女性带来困扰。虽然哺乳期乳腺的变化众所周知,但延迟 involution 的形态学特征尚不清楚。
我们报告一例 22 岁哺乳期母亲,产后 5 个月出现疼痛且不消退的乳腺肿块。临床上,它类似炎性癌。然而,组织病理学显示为 involuting 哺乳期变化。
据我们所知,英文文献中尚未描述过有这种表现的哺乳期 involution。需要报告该病例,以便在哺乳期患者乳腺肿块的鉴别诊断中考虑这一实体。