title: Lupus mastitis is not a surgical disease.
abstract: A 23-year-old woman with a 2-year history of discoid lupus (SLE) presented with a right lateral upper quadrant breast mass. Physical examination revealed a 5 cm irregular, hard lesion suggestive of a breast malignancy. Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy of the mass confirmed the diagnosis as lupus mastitis. Differential diagnosis of a breast mass in a patient with SLE must include the possibility of lupus mastitis. Surgical resection is usually not necessary, and medical treatment can be implemented successfully.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Surgical Oncology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. sancarb@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sancar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayar
authors.forename: Ebru
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dusunceli
authors.forename: Koray
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ceyhan
authors.forename: Ekrem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Turgay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008179:Lupus Erythematosus, Discoid / Q000150:complications*; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology