Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis.
A 25 year-old woman presented with a painful mass in the left breast, polyarthritis and erythema nodosum. Fine needle aspiration cytology led to a diagnosis of granulomatous mastitis. Oral prednisolone rapidly improved the arthritis and the erythema nodosum. Granulomatous mastitis is a very rare, chronic inflammatory disease and only ten patients with granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthitis have been described.
Department of General Medicine, Muslim Educational Society Medical College, Malappuram. jemshadalungal@gmail.com.
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Alungal
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Abdulla
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Narayan
D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000150:complications*; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D058890:Granulomatous Mastitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005938:Glucocorticoids