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ReviewRadiology research and practice2026

The Gems and Pitfalls of Inflammatory Breast Disease: An Illustrated Review of Mastitis. What the Radiologist Should Know.

Cristiana Boldrini, Micol Bottalico, Francesca L Lia, Paolo Belli

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Review in Radiology research and practice, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Cristiana BoldriniDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Oncological Radiotherapy, and Hematology, Diagnostic Imaging Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0309-034X
Micol BottalicoDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Oncological Radiotherapy, and Hematology, Diagnostic Imaging Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3368-1684
Francesca L LiaDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Oncological Radiotherapy, and Hematology, Diagnostic Imaging Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Paolo BelliDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Oncological Radiotherapy, and Hematology, Diagnostic Imaging Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mastitis must be considered as a heterogeneous group of inflammatory breast conditions with varying aetiologies, clinical presentations, and management. The primary objective of this pictorial review is to clarify the role of imaging in diagnosis of mastitis, and, above all, in the differential diagnosis of breast cancer (BC), particularly inflammatory cancer. The main literature regarding mastitis published in the PubMed database over the past 18 years was examined. Mastitis is classified into infectious and noninfectious forms, including inflammatory conditions associated with or overlapping with cancer. Infectious mastitis, more common in women of childbearing age and during breastfeeding, is generally caused by bacteria (especially

Indexed as

diabetic mastopathyidiopathic granulomatous mastitisinfectious mastitisinflammatory breast cancerlactational mastitismastitismondor’s diseasenon-infectious mastitisnon-lactational infectious mastitisperiductal mastitis

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PMID42540206
PMCPMC13425464

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