J Breast Cancer.  2005 Jun;8(2):64-68. 10.4048/jbc.2005.8.2.64.

Granulomatous mastitis

• Park IK
• Go DK
• Choi IS
• Choi WJ
• Yoon DS
• Lee JU
• Kim YM
• Kim KW

• KMID: 1573953
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4048/jbc.2005.8.2.64

Abstract

Granulomatous Mastitis (GM) is a rare chronic inflammatory lesion of the breast that clinically simulate carcinoma. The purpose of this report is to review the clinicopathological features of this clinical entity in a series of 5 cases that were diagnosed at our institute. Mammography, ultrasonography, and fine needle aspiration were performed in all cases. The treatment of choice for granulomatous mastitis is unclear. Of the 5 cases, one case underwent steroid therapy, two cases underwent anti-tuberculosis medication, and the others underwent only excision. There were no complications for the 5 cases during the follow-up periods. Therefore, the diagnosis and treatment of granulomatous mastitis should be determined on a case by case basis, by the clinician considering the various case results that have been reported on.

Keyword

Granulomatous mastitis

MeSH Terms

Biopsy, Fine-Needle
Breast
Diagnosis
Follow-Up Studies
Granulomatous Mastitis*
Mammography
Ultrasonography