Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: In search of a therapeutic paradigm

American Surgeon

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 798-802

  Wilson, Jason P ^a   Massoll, Nicole ^b   Marshall, Julia ^a   Foss, Robin M ^b   Copeland, Edward M ^a   Grobmyer, Stephen R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METHOTREXATE; OXACILLIN; PREDNISONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREGNANT WOMAN; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN FLORA; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; BIOPSY; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 34848879451     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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