Idiopathic granulomatus lobular mastitis. A forgotten clinical diagnosis

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1377-1380

  Al Nazer, Mona A ^a  

^a QATIF CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FUNGUS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LACTATION; MASTITIS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; STAINING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MASTITIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0346336845     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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