A Refractory Case of Granulomatous Mastitis Treated with Methotrexate

First report of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis treated with methotrexate monotherapy.

Granulomatous mastitis: a case series.

OBJECTIVE To find out the clinical and management profile of granulomatous mastitis (GM). STUDY DESIGN A case. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY This study was carried out at Civil Hospital and Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi and Tuberculosis Clinic at Bantwa Hospital, Karachi, from January 1999 to January 2009. METHODOLOGY Histopathologically diagnosed cases of GM were studied. Data...

Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis in Pregnancy: A Case Report

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is an inflammatory disease with unknown etiology. The clinical signs and mammograms of the disease can mimic breast cancer. The present study reports a case of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in a pregnant woman. A 26-year-old woman, who was 24 weeks pregnant, felt a mass on her left breast. Biopsy of the mass revealed no evidence of malignancy. For treatment...

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: a case successfully treated with a minimum dose of a steroid.

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a benign, chronic non-caseating breast disease, often mistaken for breast cancer. It usually affects women of child-bearing age. The treatment for IGM is inconclusive. In the past, surgical intervention was suggested due to the possibility of malignancy. However, in recent reports, corticosteroid therapy has been used with a good response. We present a...

Bilateral Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis: A Case Report

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a relatively rare chronic inflammatory breast disease often mistaken for more common breast disorders, breast abscess or infectious mastitis, and can mimic inflammatory breast cancer.1,2 Since it was first described in 1972 by Kessler and Wolloch3, there have been only 541 cases reported worldwide as shown in a 2011 review article.4 Most patients are women o...