Cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis: Further characterization of a distinctive histopathologic entity not always demonstrably attributable to Corynebacterium infection

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1440-1447

  D'Alfonso, Timothy M ^a,b   Moo, Tracy Ann ^a   Arleo, Elizabeth K ^a   Cheng, Esther ^a   Antonio, Lilian B ^a   Hoda, Syed A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corynebacterium; Cystic neutrophilic; Granulomatous lobular mastitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; HUMAN; LARGE CORE NEEDLE BIOPSY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BIOPSY, LARGE-CORE NEEDLE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS MASTITIS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84941799928     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000479     Document Type: Article

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