[Granulomatous mastitis. Report of 16 cases]. / Mastitis granulomatosa. Informe de 16 casos.

Sixteen cases of granulomatous mastitis were seen in the Breast Clinic of the Rio Blanco Regional Hospital in Veracruz, México. The mean age was 41.7 years (range 22-62), mean previous pregnancies was 5. Lactancy in last 6 months was registered in 50% of the cases, but no cases of puerperal mastitis were seen. Seventy five percent of the patients presented with a breast mass (mean 6 cm), suspicious of cancer in 62.5%. In 2 of 16 cases (12.5) there was an associated breast carcinoma, and in one case tuberculosis was the etiology. Surgical treatment consisted in wide local excision in 100% and mastectomy in 2 cases. Steroids were not used. Recurrent disease was seen in 2 cases at a mean follow-up of 20 months. Awareness of this rare entity is important for the surgeon and the pathologist because the definitive diagnosis is made microscopically, through evaluation of a wide breast tissue sample.

[Cervico-uterine cancer and age]. / Cáncer cervicouterino y edad.

A retrospective study of 182 cases of invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix and 133 cases cases of in situ carcinoma, based on histological classification studies and their relation with mean age, during 1985-1994, is reported in a second level Hospital in Rio Blanco, Veracruz, Mexico. The mean age of invasive cervix carcinoma is 50.2 years and the mean age is not the same in the different clinical stages, stage I 45.1 years; stage II 48.6 years; stage III 54.9 years and stage IV 57.4 years. This finding maybe has clinical importance. The mean age of in situ carcinoma is 43.9 years, late when compare with other series in the literature. Plan some considerations about mass screening cervical cancer program in Mexico.