Medical and Surgical Treatment for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis

Summary

This study evaluates the clinical response rate of topical steroids in the treatment of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in female adults. Half of the participants will receive topical steroid and the other half will receive local wide surgical excision.

Timeline

Start

2017-01-01

Primary completion

2020-09-01

Completion

2020-09

Publications

• Background Altintoprak F, Kivilcim T, Yalkin O, Uzunoglu Y, Kahyaoglu Z, Dilek ON. Topical Steroids Are Effective in the Treatment of Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis. World J Surg. 2015 Nov;39(11):2718-23. doi: 10.1007/s00268-015-3147-9.
• Background Sheybani F, Naderi HR, Gharib M, Sarvghad M, Mirfeizi Z. Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: Long-discussed but yet-to-be-known. Autoimmunity. 2016 Jun;49(4):236-9. doi: 10.3109/08916934.2016.1138221. Epub 2016 Feb 1.
• Background Benson JR, Dumitru D. Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: presentation, investigation and management. Future Oncol. 2016 Jun;12(11):1381-94. doi: 10.2217/fon-2015-0038. Epub 2016 Apr 12.

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