Case report of treatment of granulomatous mastitis

Authors

  • V.Ye. Cheshuk Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Ukraine,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22141/oncology.1.1.2018.155381

Keywords:

idiopathic granulomatous mastitis

Abstract

Granulomatous mastitis is a chronic inflammation of the mammary gland. A distinction is made between specific and idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. The article presents the case of effective treatment of granulomatous mastitis with antibiotics and corticosteroids. Antibiotic therapy was prescribed depending on the results of bacteriological investigation. Author gives recommendations on the method of treatment of such patients.

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