Granulomatous mastitis diagnosed and followed up by fine-needle aspiration cytology, and successfully treated by corticosteroid therapy: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 730-733

  Sato, Norihiro ^a   Yamashita, Hiroyuki ^b   Kozaki, Naoto ^a   Watanabe, Yasuyuki ^a   Ohtsuka, Takao ^a   Kuroki, Syoji ^a   Nakafusa, Yuji ^a   Ota, Masayuki ^a   Chijiiwa, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Masao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hospital Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

aspiration cytology; breast; granulomatous mastitis; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 9544225174     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00312095     Document Type: Article

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