Granulomatous mastitis as presenting sign of Wegener's granulomatosis

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 207-210

  Stappaerts, Inge ^a   Colpaert, C ^a   Verbraecken, J ^b   Van Marck, E ^a   Vermeire, P ^b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b University Hospital Antwerp ^*

Author keywords

Granulomatous mastitis; Tuberculosis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; MASTITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0032844296     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17843286.1999.11754233     Document Type: Article

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