Idiopathic granulomatous lobular mastitis

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-151

  Pereira, Frederick A ^a,b   Mudgil, Adarsh V ^a   Macias, Edgar S ^b   Karsif, Karen ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHOTREXATE;

ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC GRANULOMATOUS LOBULAR MASTITIS; INCISION; LUPUS VULGARIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SWELLING; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; ULTRASOUND;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84855946243     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2011.05168.x     Document Type: Review

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