Bilateral Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Case Report

Autor:	Shinawatt Visutdiphat, Rupporn Sukpanich, Tapanutt Likhitmaskul, Wichai Vassanasiri
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Granulomatous mastitis medicine.disease Chronic inflammatory disease Dermatology Mastitis Lesion Breast cancer Etiology Medicine medicine.symptom Presentation (obstetrics) business Abscess
Zdroj:	The Bangkok Medical Journal. :65-70
ISSN:	2287-0237 2228-9674
DOI:	10.31524/bkkmedj.2014.09.011
Popis:	Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of the breast that frequently occurs in young women of childbearing age. The lesion usually presents as a unilateral firm breast mass with signs of inflammation but bilateral involvement has been reported. As the clinical presentation and radiological imaging of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis can mimic two common breast diseases, mastitis with abscess and breast cancer, a tissue biopsy is required for histopathological diagnosis. The etiology and ideal treatment remain unclear. Conservative treatment with immunosuppressive therapy has proven good efficacy. In this case report, we present a patient diagnosed with bilateral idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. We review and discuss the clinical presentation, imaging, diagnosis and management of this patient that eventually responds well to steroid therapy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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