Abstract Background Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is challenging as it a rare disease with unknown etiology, risk factors difficult to establish, and controversies regarding its treatment. Here we describe demographic clinical characteristics of patients IGM diagnosed at cancer referral center, well the microbial isolates Methods We reviewed charts IGM, from 2004 2019. Males were excl...

INTRODUCTION Idiopathic granulomatous lobular mastitis (IGLM) is an inflammatory disease of the breast with an obscure etiology. It occurs mainly in women of reproductive age, and the lesion mimics carcinoma of the breast both clinically and radiologically. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 29-year-old female who visited our hospital in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, with a 4 × 3 cm lump ...