2017
DOI: 10.5606/archrheumatol.2017.6321
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Breast Involvement in Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies Positive Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis in a 64-Year-Old Female Patient

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“…However, the initial symptom was pus-like discharge from the nipples that had developed three months prior to hospitalization. Breast lesions in GPA are extremely rare, with 35 cases (clinical and pathological features summarized in Table 1 ) reported to date since the first report by Elsner in 1969 [ 4 31 ]. In brief, the female sex was dominant (33 cases), and only two male patients have been reported with GPA complicated by breast lesions [ 15 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the initial symptom was pus-like discharge from the nipples that had developed three months prior to hospitalization. Breast lesions in GPA are extremely rare, with 35 cases (clinical and pathological features summarized in Table 1 ) reported to date since the first report by Elsner in 1969 [ 4 31 ]. In brief, the female sex was dominant (33 cases), and only two male patients have been reported with GPA complicated by breast lesions [ 15 ].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Available histological findings were breast vasculitis in 14 patients and granulomatous mastitis in seven patients. In most of the cases, systemic GPA symptoms preceded the onset of breast symptoms [84][85][86][87]. Our literature review found 9 cases of GPA revealed by breast disease, initially restricted to the breast [82,83,[88][89][90][91][92][93][94].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In turn, in their systematic review, Ren et al [5] excluded reports published in non-English languages and not published in peer-review journals, and found 23 relevant cases. In Poland, two cases of breast involvement in GPA with lung and renal manifestations were described until now [6,7]. The majority of cases regarded women between the third and seventh life decade and accompanied by systemic manifestations of the disease [4].…”
Section: Breastmentioning
confidence: 99%