Granulomatous mastitis: Clinical, pathological features, and management

Breast Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Ocal, Koray ^a   Dag, Ahmet ^a   Turkmenoglu, Ozgur ^a   Kara, Tuba ^a   Seyit, Hakan ^a   Konca, Kamuran ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Granulomatous mastitis; Steroid; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTITIS; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BIOPSY; BREAST; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77953571623     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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