An Integrative Approach for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis. (IIGM)

Medipol University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04096300

IMUEC396

Details and patient eligibility

About

Collaboration is established between Turkish Holistic & Integrative Medicine Association and Traditional & Complementary Medicine Society of Istanbul Medipol University.

Study is carried out on idiopathic granulomatous mastitis patients who are followed in the Breast Clinic at Istanbul Medipol University Hospital for between September 2015 and September 2019. Hirudotherapy and medical cupping therapy were applied as traditional and complementary medicine integratively.

Following initial radiological imaging, microbiological- and histological testing, side effects and relapses are analyzed. Follow-up examination is also carried out at the end of the treatment, which consisted of clinical breast exam and radiological imaging.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• IGM patients, either ones newly diagnosed or had previously received different types of treatments, currently refusing conventional treatments with immunosuppressives etc, or/and surgical management, and now und

Exclusion criteria

• Patients currently using any conventional treatment, and/or contraindication to hirudotherapy and cupping.