BACKGROUND Mastitis is a common benign disorder of the female breast. It is frequently associated with tenderness, swelling and nipple discharge. We are describing an extremely rare case of an idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in the male breast. Only 1 previous case was reported. CASE REPORT A 29-year-old male patient presented with a hard, painless lump in the right breast of 2 weeks durati...

IGM: idiopathic granulomatous mastitis INTRODUCTION Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of the breast. IGM most commonly affects young, healthy parous women and usually presents as an ill-defined breast lump simulating malignancy. On histopathology, noncaseating granulomas confined to the breast lobules are typically seen. We present a unique case of ...

Introduction: Granulomatous mastitis is a rare benign disease, the exact cause of which is still unknown. It usually presents as a mass which may simulate carcinoma. Many patients are put on long term antibiotics because of breast abscess suspicion, but are not cured. This disease usually affects women of child-bearing age with a history of oral contraceptive use. Most cases have been reported ...

Mastitis—inflammation of breast tissue—is a benign, yet potentially debilitating condition that affects women childbearing age, and its aetiology is usually infectious or autoimmune. Judging from multiple publications in recent years, there has been increased interest mastitis autoimmune origin, which idiopathic granulomatous (IGM) subset. However, evidence regarding the best

Granulomatous mastitis is a rare inflammatory disorder. Its etiology remains unknown. We report a 42-year-old female who presented with an idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. Outcome was favourable with corticosteroids. The disease course of this entity is unpredictable and a consensual treatment is difficult.

  Absract   Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare, inflammatory, and benign breast disease   characterized by non-caseating granulomata and microabscesses limited to   breast lobules. This condition presents as a firm breast mass that is clinically and radiologically indistinguishable from breast cancer, or as multiple or recurrent abscesses, or mastitis in a young non-lactating woman. Al...

OBJECTIVE In this study we aimed to define clinical, radiologic and pathological specialties of patients who applied to General Surgery Department of Atatürk University Medical Faculty with granulomatous mastitis and show medical and surgical treatment results. With the help of this study we will be able to make our own clinical algorithm for diagnosis and treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS We ...

OBJECTIVE To discuss the clinical and radiological features and treatment approaches in 14 patients diagnosed with idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (GM). METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the clinical features, radiological findings, and treatment approaches in 14 patients with idiopathic GM in the General Surgery Department, Gulhane School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey between April 2000 a...