Table 3 Treatments of patients
From: A case management model for patients with granulomatous mastitis: a prospective study
Variables | Patients (n = 152) |
|---|---|
Treatments | |
Medication + surgery | 80 (52.6%) |
Medication | 71 (46.7%) |
Observation | 1 (0.7%) |
Medication | |
Single steroids | 84 (55.6%) |
Single tubercle bacillus drug | 20 (13.2%) |
Combined medication (Antibiotics and/or steroids and/or methotrexate and/or tubercle bacillus drug and/or immunosuppressants and/or bromocriptine) | 47 (31.2%) |
Surgery | |
Breast lesion excision by minimally invasive surgery | 20 (13.2%) |
Breast lesion excision by open surgery | 60 (39.5%) |
Without surgery | 72 (47.4%) |
Side effects | |
Skin rash | 8 (5.3%) |
Abnormal index of liver function | 11 (7.2%) |
Abnormal uric acid | 3 (2.0%) |
Edema on the lips and face | 1 (0.7%) |