ArticleInternational journal of surgery case reports2017
Immunoglobulin-G4 related mastitis: A case report.
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- Perplexing Case of IgG4-Related Mastitis: Hitherto Undescribed Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Features.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2026Article
- Immunoglobulin G4-related sclerosing mastitis: MRI findings and the literature review.Immunologic research · 2025Review
- IgG4-related Breast Disease: Review of the Literature.Rambam Maimonides medical journal · 2024Review
- The role of tissue IgG4 levels in steroid therapy in patients with idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2024Article
- IgG4-related mastitis managed without excision or steroid therapy.Surgical case reports · 2024Article
- Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis.The breast journal · 2024Review
- Mastitis in Autoimmune Diseases: Review of the Literature, Diagnostic Pathway, and Pathophysiological Key Players.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Review
- IgG4-related mastopathy: A case report and literature review.Clinical case reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
introductionIgG4-related mastitis (IgG4-RM) is exceedingly rare with only ten cases reported in the literature to date. Organs that are affected with IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) all share the same histopathological hallmarks consisting of dense lymphocytic infiltration, storiform fibrosis and obliterative phlebitis. PRESENTATION OF CASE: This case report highlights a case of IgG4-RM found incidentally in a 52-year-old woman during a routine breast screen and it explores the current literature about IgG4-RM and IgG4-RD. DISCUSSION: IgG4-RM and IgG4-RD, in general, is a new entity in the field of medicine and its aetiology is not well understood. In the literature, IgG4-RM often presents as a painless palpable breast lump in isolation or with other systemic manifestations. IgG4-RM is considered benign and has excellent prognosis post-conservative treatment with steroid or surgical excision.
conclusionIgG4-RM is diagnosed exclusively on histological analysis. It is hard to distinguish IgG4-RD from malignant breast lesions purely on clinical examination and imaging studies. Increasing awareness of this condition among clinicians will assist them in managing patients better. Extensive whole body imaging is not recommended unless symptomatic.
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