A 31-year-old woman was referred with a painful mass in the left breast that was initially treated with antibiotics. Three weeks later, the mass had increased and polyarthritis and erythema nodosum had developed in both legs. A core needle biopsy led to a diagnosis of granulomatous mastitis with arthritis and erythema nodosum. Low-dose prednisolone (10 mg) rapidly improved the arthritis and the...

Histopathological and immunological investigations have been performed in 16 cases of post-traumatic granulomatous (10) and non-granulomatous uveitis (6). Most cases of sympathetic ophthalmitis showed evidence of cell mediated immunity to uveoretinal antigens, though it was not possible to make a definitive diagnosis on immunological grounds alone. Three patients with post-traumatic non-granulo...

Introduction ranulomatous diseases of the breast can result from a variety of causes like tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, fungal infections, Wegner’s granulomatosis. Granulomatous mastitis may occur as a complication of diabetes. Use of hormonal contraceptives, prolactin raising medications and hyperprolactaminemia has been implicated in pathogenesis or as predisposing factor. We consider the granul...