Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis

ABSTRACT

The idiopathic granulomatous mastitis is a rare entity. Up till now there is no any theory that can explain this pathology, specially the auto-immune origin. So we can consider it as of unknown aetiology. It is often adopt a cancerous radio-clinical semiology, while the histological examination proves that it is of a benign nature. Its diagnosis depends on a multidisciplinary approach. It is of an exclusion diagnosis, which needs an adequate treatment, with a long course follow up. We report here a new idiopathic granulomatous mastitis case, through a review of literature, trying to present its epidemiologic and clinical aspects, discussing the diagnostical methods and the therapeutic difficulties