Drug-free remission is an achievable target with immunosuppressive treatment in idiopathic granulomatous mastitis

Kaya, Mehmet Nur; Tekgöz, Emre; Çolak, Seda; Kılıç, Özlem; Çınar, Muhammet; Yılmaz, Sedat

doi:10.1007/s11845-023-03338-1

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“…MRI specifically shows peripherally enhancing fluid or solid masses (Figure 6) (12). Current treatment focuses on observation, application of antibiotics, steroids, immunosuppressants, surgery (13)(14)(15)(16), and traditional Chinese The skin of the right breast breakdown forms sinus tracts and ulcerated surfaces. Ultrasound image of a patient with GLM with hypoechoic areas leading to the skin and sinus tract formation.…”

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Pathological manifestations of granulomatous lobular mastitis

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Sun,

Guo

et al. 2024

Front. Med.

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Granulomatous lobular mastitis (GLM) is a rare inflammatory breast disease with unknown etiology, characterized by non-caseous granulomatous inflammation of the lobules, which infiltrate lymphocytes, neutrophils, plasma cells, monocytes, and eosinophils may accompany. GLM is often misdiagnosed as breast cancer due to the lack of specificity in clinical and imaging examinations, and therefore histopathology is the main basis for confirming the diagnosis. This review provides an overview of the pathological features of granulomatous lobular mastitis and cystic neutrophil granulomatous mastitis (CNGM, a pathologic subtype of GLM). As well as pathologic manifestations of other breast diseases that need to be differentiated from granulomatous lobular mastitis such as breast tuberculosis, lymphocytic mastopathy/diabetic mastopathy, IgG4-related sclerosing mastitis (IgG4-RSM), nodular disease, Wegener’s granulomatosis, and plasma cell mastitis. Besides, discusses GLM and CNGM, GLM and breast cancer, emphasizing that their relationship deserves further in-depth exploration. The pathogenesis of GLM has not yet been clearly articulated and needs to be further explored, pathology enables direct observation of the microscopic manifestations of the disease and contributes to further investigation of the pathogenesis.

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