title: Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. Report of a case clinically and mammographically simulating breast carcinoma.
abstract: A case of bilateral idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in a 67-year-old woman is described. The clinical presentation and mammographic findings raised strong suspicions of malignancy, excluded by the histological examination, which made it possible also to rule out possible known causes of granulomatous inflammation of the breast.
authors.affiliation: Service of Pathological Anatomy, San Carlo Hospital, Potenza.
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: De Sanctis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maglietta
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amalfitano
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Loffredo
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Betta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery