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TUBERCULAR MASTITIS: A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO ITS MANAGEMENT
Author(s) -
Sharma A. K.,
Sree S.,
Mshra S. K.
Publication year - 1993
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.1445-2197.1993.tb00379.x
Subject(s) - medicine , granulomatous mastitis , cytology , mastitis , granuloma , tuberculosis , dermatology , fine needle aspiration cytology , radiology , surgery , pathology
Six cases of tubercular granulomatous mastitis were studied retrospectively. Three of these six cases posed diagnostic difficulties because of a lack of caseation in granuloma on fine needle aspiration cytology. A pragmatic approach is described here that is based on the correlation of the clinical features with the cytological findings. All six cases improved on therapeutic trial of antitubercular treatment.