Open AccessIdiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Comparison of Wide Local Excision with or without Corticosteroid Therapy
Author(s) -
Alper Akçan,
Bahadır Öz,
Serap Doğan,
Hülya Akgün,
Muhammet Akyüz,
Engin Ok,
Mustafa Gök,
Tutkun Talih
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.1159/000360926
Subject(s) - medicine , granulomatous mastitis , surgery , pathological , regimen , steroid , surgical excision , corticosteroid , mastitis , pathology , hormone
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is an uncommon chronic inflammatory disease of the breast with uncertain optimal treatment regimen. In this study, our purpose was to report our clinical experience with 74 IGM patients who were treated wide local excision with or without steroid therapy.
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