Steroid refractory granulomatous mastitis treated by top surgery: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a rare inflammatory disease and the presentation mimics infectious mastitis or breast cancer. The disease usually develops at the unilateral breast in women with breast-feeding history at their child-bearing age. Systemic steroids had been proposed as the first-line treatment, the combination of surgery was also recommended for complicated disease. However, recurrence might still happen in some rare cases. Few studies have addressed the management of such difficult situations.

Patient concerns

We report the case of a 33-year-old androgynous and nulliparous woman who initially presented left breast erythematous swelling and was treated as infectious mastitis with debridement and antibiotics.

Diagnosis

After wider excision for pa

SUBMITTER: Lu YD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9622708 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature