Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: Diagnostic strategy and therapeutic implications in Omani patients

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 241-247

  Al Jarrah, Adil ^a   Taranikanti, Varna ^b   Lakhtakia, Ritu ^b   Al Jabri, Asma ^a   Sawhney, Sukhpal ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Breast; Diagnosis; Granulomatous mastitis; Immunohistochemistry; Mammography; Oman; Pathology; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877836278     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12816/0003229     Document Type: Review

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