BACKGROUND Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a benign breast disease that has been described as a rare granulomatous inflammation (GI). It can mimic inflammatory breast cancer. MATERIAL AND METHODS We included women with a diagnosis of IGM referred to an oncologic hospital between January 01, 2007 and to March 31, 2011, with diagnosis of breast cancer, in whom biopsy reported GI, wit...

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare and chronic inflammatory disorder. IGM mimics breast cancer regarding its clinical and radiological features. Etiology of IGM remains unclarified. Our patient was 37-year-old and 14 weeks pregnant. There was pain, redness and swelling in the right breast. The mass suggestive of malignancy was detected in sonography. Serum CA 125 and CA 15-3 leve...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare inflammatory disease. Because of it's uncommon etiology and rareness, diagnosis and treatment is still a challenge. Owing to wide spectrum of IGM it is difficult to standardize and optimize the treatment. The aim of this study was to report and describe the clinical signs, radiological findings, management, clinical course and the rec...

miparous, came to our clinic at 4 months postpartum with a 3-month history of a painful swelling in her left breast. It had already been drained on several occasions. She had no history of fever, trauma or use of oral contraceptives; her family history was positive for breast cancer. A physical examination revealed ulcerated peau d’orange skin (Fig. 1) above a firm, tender, 8–10 cm mass with an...

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the breast, and its etiology remains not fully elucidated. IGM is observed more often in patients with autoimmune disease. Hyperprolactinemia is observed during pregnancy, lactation, and a history of oral contraceptive use. A 39-year-old patient with no history of oral contraceptive use presented with complaints s...

Corynebacterium accolens is rarely isolated as a human pathogen. We describe here a case of C. accolens isolated from a breast abscess in a patient previously diagnosed with granulomatous mastitis. The possible association of Corynebacterium accolens and granulomatous mastitis in this patient is discussed.

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare chronic inflammatory condition of the breast that commonly found in young women childbearing age with history recent breastfeeding. In our study, we aimed to present detailed clinical and morphological features IGM cases, diagnostic clues, treatment. The most common presentation unilateral, induration, nipple retraction, even multiple sinus form...