Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis

Hande Koksal is a breast surgeon and professor of general surgery at Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Konya. She has been working in the Breast Unit since 2011 as a consultant, dealing with both breast cancer and benign breast diseases. She is an expert of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis - a rare, benign, inflammatory disease of the breast with unknown ethiopathogenesis and challenging diagnosis. She published several articles in international journals on this condition.

Mr Naim Kadoglou is a Consultant Breast Surgeon at the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. He completed his primary and secondary school training in Greece (Komotini) and he is a graduate of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine(Turkey). He has been a practising surgeon in the UK since 2000 and lives in London .

He manages a wide range of patients with both malignant and benign breast diseases. Trained in general surgeon, he became a specialist breast surgeon in 2005. He has special interest in undergraduate medical training and won the Andrew White award (2005, Worthing and Southland Hospital NHS trust) and was appointed in 2012 as an Associate Professor of Surgery at the American University Caribbean School of Medicine.

Between 2009 to 2010 he worked in Edinburgh with Professor Mike Dixon when he was appointed as a Locum Consultant Surgeon in the Edinburgh Breast Unit. Professor Dixon has an international reputation in breast surgery. During his time in Edinburgh he reshaped his understanding of breast pathology and he extended his range of Oncoplastic breast surgery skills. One area he became particularly interested in was idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. He collaborated with Prof Hande Koksal on a series of studies in this condition and this led to publication of articles on this topic and ultimately to this book entitled idiopathic granulomatous mastitis

Hande Koksal 是塞爾丘克大學醫學院的乳腺外科醫生及一般外科教授。自2011年以來，她一直在乳腺單位擔任顧問，處理乳腺癌和良性乳腺疾病。她是特發性肉芽腫性乳腺炎的專家，這是一種罕見的良性乳腺炎症性疾病，病因不明且診斷具有挑戰性。她在國際期刊上發表了多篇有關此病的文章。

Naim Kadoglou 先生是倫敦西北大學醫療 NHS Trust 的顧問乳腺外科醫生。他在希臘（科莫蒂尼）完成了初中和高中教育，並畢業於伊斯坦堡醫學院（土耳其）。自2000年以來，他一直在英國執業，現居倫敦。

他管理著各種惡性和良性乳腺疾病的患者。經過一般外科的訓練，他於2005年成為專科乳腺外科醫生。他對本科醫學教育特別感興趣，並獲得了安德魯·懷特獎（2005年，沃辛和南地醫院 NHS Trust），於2012年被任命為美國加勒比醫學院的外科副教授。

在2009年至2010年間，他在愛丁堡與邁克·迪克森教授合作，擔任愛丁堡乳腺單位的臨時顧問外科醫生。迪克森教授在乳腺外科領域享有國際聲譽。在愛丁堡期間，他重新塑造了對乳腺病理的理解，並擴展了他的腫瘤整形乳腺外科技能。他特別對特發性肉芽腫性乳腺炎產生了濃厚的興趣。他與 Hande Koksal 教授合作進行了一系列有關此病的研究，並最終發表了相關主題的文章，這也促成了本書《特發性肉芽腫性乳腺炎》的出版。