title: [Granulomatous mastitis. Report of 16 cases].
abstract: Sixteen cases of granulomatous mastitis were seen in the Breast Clinic of the Rio Blanco Regional Hospital in Veracruz, México. The mean age was 41.7 years (range 22-62), mean previous pregnancies was 5. Lactancy in last 6 months was registered in 50% of the cases, but no cases of puerperal mastitis were seen. Seventy five percent of the patients presented with a breast mass (mean 6 cm), suspicious of cancer in 62.5%. In 2 of 16 cases (12.5) there was an associated breast carcinoma, and in one case tuberculosis was the etiology. Surgical treatment consisted in wide local excision in 100% and mastectomy in 2 cases. Steroids were not used. Recurrent disease was seen in 2 cases at a mean follow-up of 20 months. Awareness of this rare entity is important for the surgeon and the pathologist because the definitive diagnosis is made microscopically, through evaluation of a wide breast tissue sample.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Regional de Río Blanco, Carretera Orizaba-Puebla Km2 entronque autopista.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Aguirre-González
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verduzco-Rodríguez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Palet-Guzmán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies