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, ch...
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author | J. Alungal M.C. Abdulla R. Narayan |
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description | 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. |
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spelling | doaj.art-2f53b114bda040ca92e218498cd9786b2022-12-22T02:57:03ZengPAGEPress PublicationsReumatismo0048-74492240-26832016-09-01682979910.4081/reumatismo.2016.844713Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritisJ. Alungal0M.C. Abdulla1R. Narayan2Department of General Medicine, Muslim Educational Society Medical College, MalappuramDepartment of General Medicine, Muslim Educational Society Medical College, MalappuramDepartment of General Medicine, Muslim Educational Society Medical College, MalappuramA 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.http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/844Erythema nodosumRheumatologyArthritis. |
spellingShingle | J. Alungal M.C. Abdulla R. Narayan Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis Reumatismo Erythema nodosum Rheumatology Arthritis. |
title | Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis |
title_full | Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis |
title_fullStr | Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis |
title_full_unstemmed | Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis |
title_short | Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis |
title_sort | idiopathic granulomatous mastitis with erythema nodosum and polyarthritis |
topic | Erythema nodosum Rheumatology Arthritis. |
url | http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/844 |
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