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01-12-2004 | Letter to the Editor
Deciduoid-like stromal cells in a diabetic patient with bilateral gynecomastia: a potential diagnostic pitfall
Authors:
Gaetano Magro, Piero Gangemi, Loredana Villari, Paolo Greco
Published in:
Virchows Archiv
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Issue 6/2004
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Excerpt
Sir, Epithelioid stromal cells (ESCs) were originally described as a typical feature of diabetic mastopathy, along with lymphocytic mastitis [
5]. As these cells have also been reported in the breast stroma of patients with hypothyroidism and systemic lupus erythematous, it has been postulated that they may represent a reliable morphological marker of autoimmune disorders [
1]. Diabetic mastopathy may be clinically and histologically confused with carcinoma [
2], especially in those cases where there is a presence of large-sized ESCs [
1]. …