Overview
- First book to collect all the available data on this unknown and controversial disease
- Pathological diagnostic criteria are described in details
- Differential diagnosis hints are provided to the reader
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About this book
Its evolution is unpredictable and there is currently no consensus on the optimal treatment for these patients.
The aim of this book is to provide readers with an overview of the data available to date on this unknown and controversial disease. General surgeons, breast surgeons, general practitioners, internal medicine specialists, pathologists, radiologists, rheumatologists, immunologists and dermatologists will certainly benefit from this practical guide.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hande Koksal is a breast surgeon and professor of general surgery at Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Konya. She has been working in the Breast Unit since 2011 as a consultant, dealing with both breast cancer and benign breast diseases. She is an expert of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis - a rare, benign, inflammatory disease of the breast with unknown ethiopathogenesis and challenging diagnosis. She published several articles in international journals on this condition.
Mr Naim Kadoglou is a Consultant Breast Surgeon at the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. He completed his primary and secondary school training in Greece (Komotini) and he is a graduate of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine(Turkey). He has been a practising surgeon in the UK since 2000 and lives in London .
He manages a wide range of patients with both malignant and benign breast diseases. Trained in general surgeon, he became a specialist breast surgeon in 2005. He has special interest in undergraduate medical training and won the Andrew White award (2005, Worthing and Southland Hospital NHS trust) and was appointed in 2012 as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the American University Caribbean School of Medicine.
Between 2009 to 2010 he worked in Edinburgh with Professor Mike Dixon when he was appointed as a Locum Consultant Surgeon in the Edinburgh Breast Unit. Professor Dixon has an international reputation in breast surgery. During his time in Edinburgh he reshaped his understanding of breast pathology and he extended his range of Oncoplastic breast surgery skills. One area he became particularly interested in was idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. He collaborated with Prof Hande Koksal on a series of studies in this condition and this led to publication of articles on this topic and ultimately to this book entitled idiopathic granulomatous mastitis
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis
Editors: Hande Koksal, Naim Kadoglou
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30391-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30390-6Published: 07 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30393-7Published: 08 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30391-3Published: 06 June 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 157
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 125 illustrations in colour
Topics: Surgery