title: [Chronic granulomatous mastitis in the practice of pathologists].
abstract: The incidence of chronic mastitis increased 2.3-fold in 2000-2003. This mastitis was diagnosed as mammary carcinoma clinically, roentgenologically and macroscopically in 53.1% patients. Granulomatous component was present in 59.6% cases. On frozen sections it resembled infiltrating carcinoma. Mammary carcinoma was in 3 cases, mycosis and nocardia in 3, oleogranulomas in 23 cases, idiopathic granulomatous mastitis in 12 cases. Review of literature on granulomatous chronic mastitis imitating mammary carcinoma is presented.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Bogomolov
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Dolzhanskiĭ
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000473:pathology*