Clinical and imaging features of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis - The diagnostic challenges and a brief review

Hemal Grover; Shabnam Bhandari Grover; Pradeep Goyal; Rahul Hegde; Sonali Gupta; Saurabh Malhotra; Shuo Li; Nishant Gupta

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.06.022

Clinical and imaging features of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis - The diagnostic challenges and a brief review

Hemal Grover, Shabnam Bhandari Grover, Pradeep Goyal, Rahul Hegde, Sonali Gupta, Saurabh Malhotra, Shuo Li, Nishant Gupta

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Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM), or granulomatous lobular mastitis is a rare, benign, inflammatory condition of the breast, without an identifiable underlying etiology. The clinical and imaging diagnosis of this entity is challenging with the presentation frequently mimicking inflammatory breast carcinoma (IBC). Mammography and breast ultrasound (US) have an important role in its detection, however, biopsy is imperative for histopathological confirmation. We present three cases of biopsy proven IGM, highlighting the variability of the clinical and imaging features,brieflyreview the relevant literature and discuss the challenges associated with its diagnosis and management.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	126-132
Number of pages	7
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	69
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2020.06.022
State	Published - Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biopsy
Breast ultrasound
Granular lobular mastitis
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM)
Imaging features
Mammography

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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