Granulomatous lobular mastitis: Imaging, diagnosis, and treatment

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 574-581

  Larsen, Linda J Hovanessian ^a   Peyvandi, Banafsheh ^a   Klipfel, Nancy ^a   Grant, Edward ^a   Iyengar, Geeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid therapy; Focal asymmetric density; Granulomatous lobular mastitis; Hypoechoic mass with tubular extensions; Nonnecrotizing granulomas

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DICLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS LOBULAR MASTITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MASTITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68149178335     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.08.1528     Document Type: Review

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