An entity mimicking inflammatory breast carcinoma: Granulomatous mastitis
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An entity mimicking inflammatory breast carcinoma: Granulomatous mastitis
Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a chronic inflammatory breast disease. This pathology was first described by Kersler and Wolloch in 1972 [1]. It is an uncommon cause of a breast mass [2-5]. Awareness of this entity is crucial, because it can clinically and radiologically mimic breast carcinoma, fibroadenoma or fibrocystic changes [3]. It has several appearances radiologically also; biopsy still ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2325-7075,2325-7083
DOI: 10.4236/crcm.2013.24067