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Mastitis

MedGen UID:
9901
Concept ID:
C0024894
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: breast infection; breast inflammation; inflammation of breast; inflammatory breast disease; inflammatory disease of breast; mastitis
 
HPO: HP:0040407
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0006849

Definition

Mastitis is defined as an inflammation of the breast and may or may not be accompanied by infection. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVMastitis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Snider HC
Surg Clin North Am 2022 Dec;102(6):1103-1116. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2022.06.007. PMID: 36335928
Yuan QQ, Xiao SY, Farouk O, Du YT, Sheybani F, Tan QT, Akbulut S, Cetin K, Alikhassi A, Yaghan RJ, Durur-Subasi I, Altintoprak F, Eom TI, Alper F, Hasbahceci M, Martínez-Ramos D, Oztekin PS, Kwong A, Pluguez-Turull CW, Brownson KE, Chandanwale S, Habibi M, Lan LY, Zhou R, Zeng XT, Bai J, Bai JW, Chen QR, Chen X, Zha XM, Dai WJ, Dai ZJ, Feng QY, Gao QJ, Gao RF, Han BS, Hou JX, Hou W, Liao HY, Luo H, Liu ZR, Lu JH, Luo B, Ma XP, Qian J, Qin JY, Wei W, Wei G, Xu LY, Xue HC, Yang HW, Yang WG, Zhang CJ, Zhang F, Zhang GX, Zhang SK, Zhang SQ, Zhang YQ, Zhang YP, Zhang SC, Zhao DW, Zheng XM, Zheng LW, Xu GR, Zhou WB, Wu GS
Mil Med Res 2022 Apr 26;9(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s40779-022-00380-5. PMID: 35473758Free PMC Article
Angelopoulou A, Field D, Ryan CA, Stanton C, Hill C, Ross RP
Med Microbiol Immunol 2018 Apr;207(2):83-94. Epub 2018 Jan 19 doi: 10.1007/s00430-017-0532-z. PMID: 29350290

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Dilaveri C, Degnim A, Lee C, DeSimone D, Moldoveanu D, Ghosh K
Breast J 2024;2024:6693720. Epub 2024 Jan 25 doi: 10.1155/2024/6693720. PMID: 38304866Free PMC Article
Crepinsek MA, Taylor EA, Michener K, Stewart F
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Sep 29;9(9):CD007239. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007239.pub4. PMID: 32987448Free PMC Article
Wilson E, Woodd SL, Benova L
J Hum Lact 2020 Nov;36(4):673-686. Epub 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.1177/0890334420907898. PMID: 32286139Free PMC Article
Wheaton N, Al-Abdullah A, Haertlein T
Emerg Med Clin North Am 2019 May;37(2):287-300. doi: 10.1016/j.emc.2019.01.014. PMID: 30940373
Spencer JP
Am Fam Physician 2008 Sep 15;78(6):727-31. PMID: 18819238

Diagnosis

Snider HC
Surg Clin North Am 2022 Dec;102(6):1103-1116. doi: 10.1016/j.suc.2022.06.007. PMID: 36335928
Scott DM
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 2022 Sep;83:72-87. Epub 2021 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2021.11.013. PMID: 34991976
Yin Y, Liu X, Meng Q, Han X, Zhang H, Lv Y
J Invest Surg 2022 Mar;35(3):709-720. Epub 2021 Mar 10 doi: 10.1080/08941939.2021.1894516. PMID: 33691563
Coombe RF, Hamed H
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2021 May 2;82(5):1-7. Epub 2021 May 7 doi: 10.12968/hmed.2020.0718. PMID: 34076525
Omranipour R, Vasigh M
Adv Exp Med Biol 2020;1252:53-61. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-41596-9_7. PMID: 32816262

Therapy

Yu Q, Xu C, Wang M, Zhu J, Yu L, Yang Z, Liu S, Gao X
PLoS One 2022;17(9):e0274467. Epub 2022 Sep 9 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274467. PMID: 36084006Free PMC Article
Coombe RF, Hamed H
Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 2021 May 2;82(5):1-7. Epub 2021 May 7 doi: 10.12968/hmed.2020.0718. PMID: 34076525
Zakarija-Grkovic I, Stewart F
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Sep 18;9(9):CD006946. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006946.pub4. PMID: 32944940Free PMC Article
Wilson E, Woodd SL, Benova L
J Hum Lact 2020 Nov;36(4):673-686. Epub 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.1177/0890334420907898. PMID: 32286139Free PMC Article
Spencer JP
Am Fam Physician 2008 Sep 15;78(6):727-31. PMID: 18819238

Prognosis

Dilaveri C, Degnim A, Lee C, DeSimone D, Moldoveanu D, Ghosh K
Breast J 2024;2024:6693720. Epub 2024 Jan 25 doi: 10.1155/2024/6693720. PMID: 38304866Free PMC Article
Mitchell KB, Johnson HM, Rodríguez JM, Eglash A, Scherzinger C, Zakarija-Grkovic I, Cash KW, Berens P, Miller B; Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine
Breastfeed Med 2022 May;17(5):360-376. doi: 10.1089/bfm.2022.29207.kbm. PMID: 35576513
Erivwo P, Turashvili G
J Clin Pathol 2021 Aug;74(8):475-482. Epub 2020 Dec 16 doi: 10.1136/jclinpath-2020-207029. PMID: 33328182
Wilson E, Woodd SL, Benova L
J Hum Lact 2020 Nov;36(4):673-686. Epub 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.1177/0890334420907898. PMID: 32286139Free PMC Article
Faguy K
Radiol Technol 2018 Jan;89(3):279M-295M. PMID: 29298955

Clinical prediction guides

Dilaveri C, Degnim A, Lee C, DeSimone D, Moldoveanu D, Ghosh K
Breast J 2024;2024:6693720. Epub 2024 Jan 25 doi: 10.1155/2024/6693720. PMID: 38304866Free PMC Article
Pala EE, Ekmekci S, Kilic M, Dursun A, Colakoglu G, Karaali C, Emiroglu M, Emiroglu M
Turk Patoloji Derg 2022;38(1):40-45. doi: 10.5146/tjpath.2021.01554. PMID: 34558655Free PMC Article
Yin Y, Liu X, Meng Q, Han X, Zhang H, Lv Y
J Invest Surg 2022 Mar;35(3):709-720. Epub 2021 Mar 10 doi: 10.1080/08941939.2021.1894516. PMID: 33691563
Hu X, Guo J, Zhao C, Jiang P, Maimai T, Yanyi L, Cao Y, Fu Y, Zhang N
ISME J 2020 Jul;14(7):1897-1910. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0651-1. PMID: 32341472Free PMC Article
Barreto DS, Sedgwick EL, Nagi CS, Benveniste AP
Breast Cancer Res Treat 2018 Oct;171(3):527-534. Epub 2018 Jul 3 doi: 10.1007/s10549-018-4870-3. PMID: 29971624

Recent systematic reviews

Yu Q, Xu C, Wang M, Zhu J, Yu L, Yang Z, Liu S, Gao X
PLoS One 2022;17(9):e0274467. Epub 2022 Sep 9 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274467. PMID: 36084006Free PMC Article
Crepinsek MA, Taylor EA, Michener K, Stewart F
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Sep 29;9(9):CD007239. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007239.pub4. PMID: 32987448Free PMC Article
Zakarija-Grkovic I, Stewart F
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2020 Sep 18;9(9):CD006946. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006946.pub4. PMID: 32944940Free PMC Article
Wilson E, Woodd SL, Benova L
J Hum Lact 2020 Nov;36(4):673-686. Epub 2020 Apr 14 doi: 10.1177/0890334420907898. PMID: 32286139Free PMC Article
Anderson L, Kynoch K, Kildea S, Lee N
JBI Database System Rev Implement Rep 2019 Aug;17(8):1668-1694. doi: 10.11124/JBISRIR-2017-003932. PMID: 31135656

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