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Localized amyloidosis of the breast associated with invasive lobular carcinoma

¹ Unit of Breast Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, ² Department of Pathology and ³ Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avda Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain

Correspondence: Josep M Sabate, Unit of Breast Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avda Sant Antoni Maria Claret 167, Barcelona 08025, Spain. E-mail: Jsabate{at}santpau.es

Here a case of primary amyloidosis of the breast associated with invasive lobular carcinoma is reported with a brief review of the most relevant clinical, radiological and pathological features. The lesion presented as a suspicious mass with particular diffuse hyperechogenicity on the sonographic examination, which in this case can be considered suggestive of amyloidosis.