Granulomatous lobular mastitis: a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the breast which can mimic breast carcinoma.
Acta Chir Belg
; 106(2): 222-4, 2006.
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Granulomatous lobular mastitis is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the breast. The differential diagnosis with malign breast disease is often not easy. In most cases a surgical biopsy is needed for correct diagnosis. Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is an exclusion diagnosis, based on the demonstration of a characteristic histological pattern, combined with the exclusion of other possible causes of granulomatous breast lesions. There is still no generally accepted optimal treatment. If surgery forms part of the treatment, a conservative approach seems to be adequate in most cases. Another option is a long-term steroid treatment. It is mandatory to exclude infectious causes of granulomatous mastitis before corticoid therapy is started.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Granuloma
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Mastitis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Chir Belg
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Bélgica
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido