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Breast pain and mammographic density increase as a consequence of raloxifene therapy
G E Christodoulakos1, I V Lambrinoudaki, A D Vourtsi
12nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Aretaieion Hospital, Greece. ilambrinoudaki@hotmail.com
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation
|July 12, 2002
Abstract:
A 55-yr-old post-menopausal woman with osteopenia and no history of breast disease is presented. She was placed on raloxifene HCl 60 mg and soon after developed severe breast pain. The follow-up mammogram, performed prematurely at 6 months, showed a marked increase in breast density. Therapy was accordingly stopped and mastodynia subsided. The patient's mammogram regressed to pre-treatment status after 6 months off-therapy.