Combined Long-Term Steroid and Immunosuppressive Treatment Regimen in Granulomatous Mastitis | Zendy

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Combined Long-Term Steroid and Immunosuppressive Treatment Regimen in Granulomatous Mastitis

Author(s) -

Ali Konan,

Umut Kalyoncu,

İsmail Doğan,

Yusuf Alper Kılıç,

Derya Karakoç,

Ali Akdoğan,

Sedat Kiraz,

Volkan Kaynaroğlu,

Demirali Onat

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

breast care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1661-3805

pISSN - 1661-3791

DOI - 10.1159/000341388

Subject(s) - medicine , granulomatous mastitis , prednisolone , azathioprine , regimen , etiology , surgery , medical record , immunosuppression , disease , mastitis , pathology

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare benign inflammatory disease of the breast. It is related to various etiological factors. The treatment of IGM is challenging as there is a lack of consensus in the literature and treatment options vary widely. Conservative treatment with antibiotics, glucocorticoids and immunosuppressive drugs, and surgery are used in the management of the disease. In this article we report our experience with IGM patients receiving immunosuppressive treatment.

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