Role of Bacteriological Agents in Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Real or Not?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Granulomatous mastitis is a rare, benign, chronic inflammatory disease of the breast of unknown etiology. This study evaluated bacteriologic agents that might play a role in the etiology of granulomatous mastitis using a molecular method with a universal primer after isolating deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) from pathology specimens from patients diagnosed with granulomatous mastitis.

Materials and methods

Breast biopsy material in the pathology department obtained between July 2008 and June 2013 was analyzed. The history of the granulomatous mastitis patients was examined in detail and paraffin block sections of the biopsy material were used to determine the presence of bacteria with a universal DNA primer.

Results

This study examined 45 granulomatous mastitis

SUBMITTER: Kıvılcım T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385714 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature