@article{article_609649, title={Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis, A Rare Cause of Male Breast Mass}, journal={Ege Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi}, volume={2}, pages={134–136}, year={2019}, DOI={10.33713/egetbd.609649}, author={Demirli Atıcı, Semra and Salimoğlu, Semra and Gül, Gülen and Aydın, Cengiz}, keywords={Idiopatik Granülomatöz Mastit,erkek meme kanseri,erkek granülamatöz mastit}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;">Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a chronic benign inflammatory disorder of
the breast which </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;"> </span> </p> <p>  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;">is extremely rarely seen in male patients, and the prognosis is not well
known mainly due to </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;"> </span> </p> <p>  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;">limited cases reported in the literature. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;"> </span> </p> <p>  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;">A 76- year -old male patient presented with nipple discharge and a palpable
painless lump in <br /> <br />
his right breast for one month. Breast ultrasonography showed a 19x11 mm size
of a mass <br /> <br />
which has components solid hypoechoic, irregular shape. A presumptive diagnosis
of breast <br /> <br />
carcinoma due to imaging methods and the core biopsy which was unclear, simple <br /> <br />
mastectomy and sentinel lymph node biopsy was performed. The patient was
discharged <br /> <br />
uneventfully on the second postoperative day. The histopathological findings
supported the <br /> <br />
diagnosis of idiopathic granulomatosis mastitis. </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;"> </span> </p> <p>  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;">Male granulomatous mastitis which reported in the literature has unclear
pathogenesis. It will </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;"> </span> </p> <p>  </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;">be necessary to accumulate more case reports about GM in order to define
risk factors and </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;"> </span> </p> <p>  </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, ’sans-serif’;">optimizing the treatment.  </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Uşak Cerrahi Derneği}