Granulomatous mastitis complicated by arthralgia and erythema nodosum successfully treated with prednisolone and methotrexate.
A 23-year-old woman was admitted with complaints of swelling and pain in the left breast, fever, polyarthralgia and erythema nodosum. A fine-needle biopsy of the mass in the left breast revealed non-caseous granulomatous lobulitis. A diagnosis of granulomatous mastitis was thus made. The administration of prednisolone 40 mg/day resulted in the resolution of the patient's symptoms, and the breast mass thereafter decreased in size. The mass relapsed during the subsequent prednisolone taper. Additional therapy with methotrexate resulted in complete remission. Granulomatous mastitis should therefore be included in the differential diagnosis of polyarthralgia.
Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City General Hospital, Japan. tomosquared@yahoo.ne.jp
Tomoyuki
T
Nakamura
Katsunobu
K
Yoshioka
Tomoko
T
Miyashita
Katsumi
K
Ikeda
Yoshinari
Y
Ogawa
Takeshi
T
Inoue
Keiko
K
Yamagami
D018771:Arthralgia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D058890:Granulomatous Mastitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D011239:Prednisolone; D008727:Methotrexate