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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Main Authors: J. Alungal, M.C. Abdulla, R. Narayan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2016-09-01
Series:Reumatismo
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Online Access:http://www.reumatismo.org/index.php/reuma/article/view/844
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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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