Is poor oral health a risk factor for idiopathic granulomatous mastitis?

Authors

  • Semih Sağlık Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Siirt University, Siirt, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4224-9272
  • Enver Ay Department of General Surgery, Siirt Training and Research Hospital, Siirt, Turkey
  • Şilan Bilek Olgaç Siirt Oral and Dental Health Center, Siirt, Turkey
  • Necip Nas Department of Internal Medicine, Siirt Training and Research Hospital, Siirt, Turkey
  • Bilal Altunışık Department of Internal Medicine, Siirt Training and Research Hospital, Siirt, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17305/bb.2024.10324

Keywords:

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM), oral health, dental health, Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth (DMFT) index, Simplified Oral Hygiene Index (OHI-S)

Abstract

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare inflammatory breast disease that can be clinically and radiologically mistaken for carcinoma. Although its etiology remains uncertain, potential associations with pregnancy, lactation, hormonal imbalances, autoimmunity, smoking, and various microorganisms have been suggested. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between IGM and oral health. We included 42 female patients diagnosed with IGM based on histopathological evaluations conducted between September 2018 and October 2023. The reference group consisted of 47 female patients with clinically, radiologically, and laboratory-proven non-specific mastitis and 36 healthy female individuals. The oral health of all participants was evaluated by an experienced dentist using the "Decayed, Missing and Filled Teeth" (DMFT) index and the "Simplified Oral Hygiene Index" (OHI-S). The ages of IGM patients included in this study ranged from 29 to 51 years, with a mean age of 34.88 ± 4.87 years. The most common clinical findings were pain (n = 38), palpable breast mass, erythema, induration, and dermal sinus. Comparison of the OHI-S and DMFT index values among participants revealed that those diagnosed with IGM had significantly higher values than those in the reference group (P < 0.05). Our findings suggest a potential involvement of poor oral health in the etiology of IGM. Future studies should consider oral health as a factor in IGM etiology and explore the oral microbiota in samples obtained from the affected tissue.

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06-09-2024

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Is poor oral health a risk factor for idiopathic granulomatous mastitis?. Biomol Biomed [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 6 [cited 2024 Oct. 9];24(5):1310–1318. Available from: https://bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/10324