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GRANULOMATOUS LOBULAR MASTITIS
Author(s) -
Galea M. H.,
Robertson J. F. R.,
Ellis I. O.,
Elston C. W.,
Blamey R. W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01629.x
Subject(s) - medicine , granulomatous mastitis , mastitis , abscess , disease , pregnancy , surgery , pathology , biology , genetics
The clinical and histological features of six cases of granulomatous lobular mastitis are presented. All six patients were parous, 1–6 years after their last pregnancy with a mean age of 34 years; all had unilateral disease and presented with an extra‐areolar breast lump. Histologically, all demonstrated a non‐caseating granulomatous inflammatory condition centred on breast lobules; in four women there was an acute inflammatory process with micro‐abscess formation. Five of the six cases had persistent or recurrent disease despite wide local excision; surgery might not be the best treatment for recurrent disease.