Diseases

Granulomatous Mastitis

A rare, benign, inflammatory breast disease occurring in premenopausal women shortly after a recent pregnancy. The origin is unknown but it is commonly mistaken for malignancy and sometimes associated with BREAST FEEDING and the use of ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES.

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Abstract

A rare, benign, inflammatory breast disease occurring in premenopausal women shortly after a recent pregnancy. The origin is unknown but it is commonly mistaken for malignancy and sometimes associated with BREAST FEEDING and the use of ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES.

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Synonyms

1 entry terms
  • Mastitis, Granulomatous

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33 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2011

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Previous Indexing

  • Mastitis (1971-2010)

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  1. C12.050.703w.844w.603w.400w
  2. C17.800w.090w.968w.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Granulomatous Mastitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058890. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058890
  2. Granulomatous Mastitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granulomatous_mastitis
  3. Granulomatous Mastitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5596838