title: Tubercular mastitis: a pragmatic approach to its management.
abstract: Six cases of tubercular granulomatous mastitis were studied retrospectively. Three of these six cases posed diagnostic difficulties because of a lack of caseation in granuloma on fine needle aspiration cytology. A pragmatic approach is described here that is based on the correlation of the clinical features with the cytological findings. All six cases improved on therapeutic trial of antitubercular treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrine Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sree
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Mishra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006099:Granuloma / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008413:Mastitis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D006454:Hemoglobins