Bronchocentric granulomatosis in asthmatic patients has been generally considered to be associated with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and represent a histopathologic manifestation of fungal hypersensitivity. Here we report a case of an idiopathic bronchocentric granulomatosis in a 17-year-old man with a history of asthma. He was admitted to the hospital with a fever and cough, and a c...

Background Idiopathic Granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a chronic benign inflammatory breast disease characterized by non-caseating granuloma with multinucleate giant cells and micro-abscesses[1]. It presents as painful lump, axillary lymphadenopathy, nipple retraction, peau d’orange appearance of the skin mimicking cancer [1]. Till date, there are no consensus guidelines managing IGM it increasi...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare benign inflammatory disease of the breast. It is related to various etiological factors. The treatment of IGM is challenging as there is a lack of consensus in the literature and treatment options vary widely. Conservative treatment with antibiotics, glucocorticoids and immunosuppressive drugs, and surgery are used in the management o...

Background/aim: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of strain elastography (SE) combined with B-mode ultrasound in distinguishing between idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) and malignant breast lesions. Materials and methods: Seventy-seven malignant breast lesions and 36 IGM were assessed using B-mode ultrasound and SE. Ultrasonographic findings for all the breast lesions were classifie...

AIM To describe the radiological findings of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM). MATERIAL AND METHODS Radiologic findings of 30 women with histopathological diagnosis of IGM were retrospectively evaluated. All had breast feeding history. All the patients had ultrasonography (US), with 12 of them having additional Doppler US. Of 30 patients, 11 had mammography (MG) and 5 MRI. RESULTS US...

BACKGROUND Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is an uncommon benign chronic inflammatory breast disease, and erythema nodosum (EN) is an extremely rare systemic manifestation of IGM. Here, we report a rare case of IGM accompanied by EN. CASE REPORT A 32-year-old patient was admitted to our clinic with a history of a tender mass in the right breast. On physical examination, the right brea...

Subglottic stenosis (SGS) are narrowings in the area below vocal folds and cause symptoms such as dyspnea stridor. These can be found granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), post-traumatic or idiopathic.

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the autoimmune basis of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) by determining the anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) and extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) levels of patients diagnosed with IGM. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-six IGM patients were evaluated. Serum samples were analyzed for autoantibodies by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) using a substrate kit ...

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...

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...