2011
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-011-0046-z
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Granulomatous mastitis: is it an autoimmune disease? Diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas

Abstract: The diagnosis of GM should be made carefully to avoid a misdiagnosis. Steroid therapy should be considered based on the idea that this is an autoimmune disease.

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“…Granulomatous mastitis generally appears as a unilateral breast mass that may be associated with skin thickening, fistula formation, erythema, fever, or axillary lymphadenopathy [9][10]. In our study all cases presented with hard breast mass at periphery of the breast, and the presence of fistula was a helpful clinically diagnostic marker [11]. If the lesion was large the extension towards the retroaerolar space could be seen.…”
Section: Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 47%
“…Granulomatous mastitis generally appears as a unilateral breast mass that may be associated with skin thickening, fistula formation, erythema, fever, or axillary lymphadenopathy [9][10]. In our study all cases presented with hard breast mass at periphery of the breast, and the presence of fistula was a helpful clinically diagnostic marker [11]. If the lesion was large the extension towards the retroaerolar space could be seen.…”
Section: Treatmentmentioning
confidence: 47%
“…Yerleşmiş bir optimal tedavi yaklaşımı henüz bulunmamaktadır. Ancak medikal tedavi, geniş lokal eksizyon ve apse drenajı tercih edilen yaklaşımlar arasındadır 3 . Bu çalışmanın amacı İGM nedeniyle tedavi edilen hastalarda klinik ve radyolojik bulgular, tedavi yaklaşımı, klinik seyir ve nüks oranlarını irdelemektir.…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…It usually presents as a progressive, ill-defined firm lump which can be painful or tender, and may invade the underlying chest wall mass with galactorrhea, skin ulcers and lumpy indurations [1,[3][4][5]. It ultimately shows an infectious clinical picture with hyperemia and inflammation in the skin, abscesses and chronic fistulae [1,4,7]. Axillary lymphadenopathy is not frequent, but nipple retraction and skin involvement or peau d'orange can occur with disease progression [1,3].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%