We report a case of Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in 21 years old female who came to our hospital with complaints painful lump her left breast because the results initial excision fibroadenoma, when re-exploration was done rule out any foreign body – biopsy done. However, final histopathological diagnosis suture granuloma, no evidence malignancy. A review literature revealed that idiopathic...

BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the role of surgical excision in treating granulomatous lobular mastitis. METHODS We performed a retrospective chart review of patients with granulomatous lobular mastitis treated from March 2008 to March 2014. We analyzed clinical features and therapeutic modalities and compared the patient outcomes based on treatment. RESULTS During the study period, a t...

granulomatous mastitis (gm) is a rare breast disease with unknown etiology. clinical management strategies for gm include surgery, antibiotics, and steroid treatments. as patients with gm often respond to steroids, gm is thought to be an autoimmune disease. here we describe a case of trauma?induced gm that presented as autoimmune disease but was successfully treated by surgery without steroids....