Wegener's granulomatosis of the breast: a rare entity with daily clinical relevance

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 351-357

  Allende, Daniela S ^a   Booth, Christine N ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

breast mass; mastitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INFLIXIMAB; ISONIAZID; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; BRONCHITIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROMYALGIA; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS VASCULITIS; HEADACHE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HEMATURIA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG NODULE; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; MYOPATHY; NEURALGIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OTITIS; PAROTID GLAND ABSCESS; PETECHIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN REDNESS; THORAX PAIN; TOXIC GOITER; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ULCER; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 69949189220     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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