ArticleSurgery today2021
What are the new findings with regard to the mysterious disease idiopathic granulomatous mastitis?
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- Treatment modalities for granulomatous mastitis, seeking the most appropriate treatment with the least recurrence rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of medical research · 2024Pooled it
- Factors Affecting Recurrence of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Systematic Review.The breast journal · 2023Pooled it
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- Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: A narrative review based on the Turkish consensus classification.Turkish journal of surgery · 2026Article
- The diagnostic dilemma of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with an emphasis on histopathologic findings.Diagnostic pathology · 2025Article
- From hypothesis to robust evidence in a nationwide multicenter case-control study on 1490 women: milk stasis and idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Predisposing Factors for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Large Prospective Multicentric Study.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Article
- Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Immune-Pathogen Imbalance in a Treatment-Resistant Benign Inflammatory Disease.International journal of women's health · 2025Review
- Immune pathogenesis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: from etiology toward therapeutic approaches.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Review
- Differential expression profiles of miRNA in granulomatous lobular mastitis and identification of possible biomarkers.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo review the demographic and clinical features and the success rates of treatment approaches for idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM).
methodsA total of 134 patients diagnosed with IGM pathologically and treated by a single breast surgeon were retrospectively analyzed.
resultsThe time between the occurrence of symptoms and the last delivery was < 24 months in 25 (23.1%), 24-48 months in 51 (38.1%), and > 48 months in 52 (38.8%). The difference was statistically significant (p = 0.002). Although there was no significant difference, seasonal fluctuations were noticed, with the incidence being slightly higher during late spring and summer. Bilateral disease was present in 10 (7.5%) patients. Seven patients (5.2%) had erythema nodosum. The treatment approaches were conservative in 42, surgical procedures in 48, steroid treatment in 18, and surgical procedure + steroid treatment in 24. The median recovery time with conservative approaches was lower than that with surgical procedure + steroid treatment (p < 0.0001). Recurrence developed in 10 patients (7.7%).
conclusionClinical differences were detected among the patients with IGM, and classification of patients by severity is needed to plan the optimal treatment approach. Seasonal fluctuations suggest the possibility of an immunological disease rather than a surgical disease.
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