Mastitis is inflammation of breast tissue that may or may not originate from an infection. Two different forms of mastitis have been described, lactational and non-lactational. Lactational mastitis is the most common type and generally conservative therapy that includes milk removal and physical therapy provides symptomatic relief, but antibiotic therapy is also needed. Common types of non-lact...

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the breast that simulates other diseases, such as cancer, abscess and periductal mastitis. It does not present defining characteristics on imaging diagnostic tests and treatment continues to be controversial. We present 3 cases of IGM that were diagnosed in our hospital over the course of a year. The patients were...