Ozone therapy as a novel complementary therapeutic approach in refractory idiopathic granulomatous mastitis
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2023Yazar
Cabıoğlu, NeslihanCan Trabulus, Didem
Emiroğlu, Selman
Özkurt, Enver
Yalçın, Nesli
Dinç, Nagehan
Tükenmez, Mustafa
Müslümanoğlu, Mahmut
İğci, Abdullah
Özmen, Vahit
Dinççağ, Ahmet Sait
Güven, Yusuf İzzettin
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Cabıoğlu, N., Can Trabulus, D., Emiroğlu, S., Özkurt, E., Yalçın, N., Dinç, N. ... Güven, Y. İ. (2023). Ozone therapy as a novel complementary therapeutic approach in refractory idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. Frontiers in Medicine, 10. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1174372Özet
Background: Autoimmunity may play a major role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM). The therapeutic potential of ozone therapy has recently been shown in rheumatological diseases, and this study aimed to assess the clinical efficacy of ozone therapy (OT) in refractory IGM. Methods: Patients with biopsy-verified IGM and incomplete response after steroid therapy (n = 47) between 2018 and 2021 were enrolled. Of these, 23 cases in cohort A had standard treatment with further steroid therapy (ST), and 24 were treated with systemic OT via autohemotherapy (AHT) in addition to steroid therapy (cohort B). Results: The median age was 33 years (range, 24–45). Patients in cohort B had a higher complete response rate after completion of a four-month ozone therapy than those in the ST-group (OT-group, 37.5% vs. ST-group, 0%; p = 0.002). At a median follow-up of 12 months (range, 12–35), the patients treated with OT had a lower one-year recurrence in the affected breast than cases in cohort A treated with ST (OT-group, 21% vs. ST-group, 70%; p = 0.001). No significant side effects were observed in patients in cohort B related to AHT. Furthermore, OT significantly decreased the total steroid treatment duration (median week of steroid use; 26 weeks in cohort A vs. 12 weeks in cohort B; p = 0.001). Conclusion: Systemic OT increases the complete response rate and decreases the duration of steroid treatment in patients with refractory IGM. Therefore, ozone therapy is an effective, well-tolerated, and safe novel complementary therapeutic modality.