Although LVHR remains the preferred method of hernia repair at our institution, this study documents a higher recurrence rate than many other short-term series. There results underscore the importance of long-term follow-up in assessing hernia surgery outcome.

Granulomatous mastitis is an uncommon inflammatory disease that typically presents with painful breast lesions. Recent publications have brought to light a specific subset of granulomatous mastitis patients with a distinct histological pattern of disease termed, “cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis” (CNGM). Although many cases of granulomatous lobular mastitis have been thought to be idiopathic, this rare subset of an uncommon disease has been linked to infections with Corynebacterium species. Herein, a cohort of CNGM patients from a large, tertiary care, North‐American, academic medical center is presented. Correlative demographic, clinical, radiographic, pathologic, microbiologic, management, and outcomes data are provided. Collaborative communication between specialists to accurately diagnose and manage these patients is essential to decreasing potential morbidity.

No abstract

No abstract

Following diagnosis of breast cancer, patients undergo assessment for local and systemic treatment. Establishing a relationship and communication with the patient is critical to this assessment, as are history-taking, clinical breast examination, review of imaging studies, and interactive discussion with the patient of treatment options and possible breast reconstruction. Some type of surgical therapy is indicated in virtually all women with breast cancer, generally as the first part of a multicomponent treatment plan. The main goal of surgical therapy is to remove the cancer and accurately define the stage of disease. Surgical options broadly consist of breast conservation therapy, generally followed by radiation therapy, or mastectomy. The surgical procedure also includes assessment of regional lymph nodes for metastasis, either by axillary lymph node dissection or by the less-invasive sentinel lymph node biopsy, for the purpose of cancer staging and guiding adjuvant therapy. All authors reported that they have no commercial affiliations or financial interests that pose a potential conflict of interest with this article.