Prednisone Management of Granulomatous Mastitis
- 2 October 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 303 (14) , 799-800
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198010023031406
Abstract
GRANULOMATOUS mastitis, a lesion that clinically mimics carcinoma, was definitively described in 19721 and is characterized by breast masses that histologically consist of noncaseating granulomas and microabscesses. It is a rare lesion, with only 25 cases reported so far in the literature. The usual therapy has been wide excision of the masses.2 , 3 Recurrence of masses and skin ulceration at the sites of surgery have been frequent problems.2 3 4 Case ReportA 27-year-old black woman noted a mass in her right breast in November 1978, two years after the birth of her only child. She had taken oral contraceptives for five years . . .Keywords
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