BACKGROUND Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is an uncommon, benign entity with a diagnosis of exclusion. The typical clinical presentation of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis often mimics infection or malignancy. As a result, histopathological confirmation of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis combined with exclusion of infection, malignancy and other causes of granulomatous disease is absolut...

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. almost alw...

Background Autoimmunity may play a major role in the pathogenesis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM). The therapeutic potential ozone therapy has recently been shown rheumatological diseases, and this study aimed to assess clinical efficacy (OT) refractory IGM. Methods Patients with biopsy-verified IGM incomplete response after steroid ( n = 47) between 2018 2021 were enrolled. Of these...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the breast, which is often difficult to differentiate both clinically and radiologically from infectious aetiologies such as tuberculosis, fungal infections, and also from malignancy, thus posing a diagnostic dilemma. We present a pictorial review of the commonly encountered imaging findings in idiopathic granulom...

INTRODUCTION Granulomatous reactions are seen in a wide variety of diseases. METHODS We present 3 cases referred to our clinic with presumptive diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) were diagnosed as nontuberculous granulomatous diseases. RESULTS Three cases were diagnosed as Tularemia, Cat-Scratch Disease (CSD) and idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) respectively. CONCLUSION In countries wi...

We report a case of classic Wegener's granulomatosis. Direct immunofluorescent study showed finely granular deposits of IgG and IgM in some of the alveolar walls, and of IgM in the maxillary sinus arteries. Electron-microscopic study of the lung and maxillary sinus showed intravascular fibrin, but failed to demonstrate electron-dense deposits in the blood vessel walls. Our patient also had circ...

conclusion our study suggests that breast mri findings of igm have a wide spectrum. rim enhancement patterns are frequently seen on contrast enhanced images, but the imaging findings are nonspecific and cannot be used definitively to distinguish between benign and malignant lesions. patients and methods a retrospective analysis was conducted on 20 patients with igm who had been diagnosed by nee...