TITLE:
An entity mimicking inflammatory breast carcinoma: Granulomatous mastitis
AUTHORS:
Nihal Uslu
KEYWORDS:
Granulomatous Mastitis; Ultrasound; Mammography; Magnetic Resonance
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.2 No.4,
July
8,
2013
ABSTRACT:
Granulomatous
mastitis (GM) is a chronic inflammatory breast disease. This pathology was
first described by Kersler and Wolloch in 1972 [1]. It is an uncommon cause of
a breast mass [2-5]. Awareness of this entity is crucial, because it can
clinically and radiologically mimic breast carcinoma, fibroadenoma or
fibrocystic changes [3]. It has several appearances radiologically
also; biopsy still remains the only way
for final diagnoses. Here we present a woman with a breast mass. Our aim is to
show ultrasound, mammography and magnetic resonance imaging findings of GM by
reviewing the literature.