Wegener's granulomatosis involving the breast

Jordan, Joanne M.; Rowe, William T.; Allen, Nancy B.

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(87)90513-4

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“…On the other hand, 8 of 10 patients with Wegener's granulo¬ matosis developed breast involvement in the course of their disease, as reported by Jordan et al 20 Wegener's granuloma¬ tosis may present with a necrotizing vasculitis of the arteries and veins, which most commonly affects the upper and lower parts of the respiratory system. It can also produce glomeru¬ lonephritis and may involve the skin, joints, and eyes but rarely the breast alone.21…”

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Giant Cell Arteritis of the Breast

Susmano

Roseman²,

Haber³

1990

Arch Intern Med

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Giant Cell Arteritis of the Breast

Susmano

Roseman²,

Haber³

1990

Arch Intern Med

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“…In most vasculitis mammography shows one or more masses, whereas the appearance of a focal density with irregular margins associated or not with nipple retraction is less common [4,6,7,8]. A skin biopsy was performed preventing unnecessary therapeutic procedures such as mastectomy [6]. Our case corresponds to a patient with a previous diagnosis of Behçet's disease with unilateral mammary involvement.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Mammary involvement in vasculitis is not common, but when it does happen, it may present as a localised process or as part of a multi-organic disease [2,5,6]. The vasculitis variants that may most frequently involve the breast are Wegener's granulomatosis, polyarteritis nodosa and giant cell arteritis [4,5,6,7].…”

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“…In most vasculitis mammography shows one or more masses, whereas the appearance of a focal density with irregular margins associated or not with nipple retraction is less common [4,6,7,8]. In most vasculitis mammography shows one or more masses, whereas the appearance of a focal density with irregular margins associated or not with nipple retraction is less common [4,6,7,8].…”

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Behçet's disease involving the breast

Soleto

Marcos

2002

Eur Radiol

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Behçet's disease is a vasculitis of unknown origin that was traditionally defined by oral and genital ulcers and uveitis. We describe a case of a patient with a diagnosis of Behçet's syndrome who presented a palpable lesion in the right breast with inflammatory signs. X-ray findings posed a differential diagnosis between tumoral and inflammatory pathology. The pathological findings confirmed a small-vessel vasculitis. We found two reports of breast involvement by this disease in the literature. Our patient was studied by mammogram and sonogram which together with clinical history are important to prevent delay in diagnosis and unnecessary therapeutic procedures.

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“…These include polyarteritis nodosa [9][10][11], Wegener's granulomatosis [12,13], and the breast may be a rare site for apparently localised vasculitis in these conditions. In younger subjects, disparate clinical diagnoses including puerperal mastitis [8], spontaneous infarction of breast tissue during pregnancy or lactation, Mondor's disease [7] or even inflammatory breast carcinoma [3] have been made.…”

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Giant Cell Arteritis of the Breast

Anim

Herk²

2004

Med Princ Pract

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Objective: To report a rare case of giant cell arteritis of the breast in a 56-year-old woman. Clinical Presentation and Intervention: The patient presented with tenderness in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast, in the absence of any constitutional symptoms. A diagnosis of giant cell arteritis was made only after surgical wedge excision of the affected breast quadrant. She returned 6 weeks later with tenderness in the upper inner medial quadrant of the same breast, with a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate. She has since been referred to the rheumatologist for further management. Conclusion: The diagnosis of giant cell arteritis of the breast was made only after pathological examination of the excised breast tissue. This study focused attention on the need to be aware of systemic conditions that may present as localised lesions of the breast and to maintain a high index of clinical suspicion in order to adequately investigate them and perhaps avoid unnecessary radical surgical intervention such as mastectomy.

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Wegener's granulomatosis involving the breast

Cited by 46 publications

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