Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: Overcoming this Important Clinical Challenge
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Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis.
OBJECTIVE To discuss the clinical and radiological features and treatment approaches in 14 patients diagnosed with idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (GM). METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the clinical features, radiological findings, and treatment approaches in 14 patients with idiopathic GM in the General Surgery Department, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey between April 2000 a...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0020-8868,2520-2456
DOI: 10.9738/intsurg-d-16-00225.1