title: Bilateral eosinophilic mastitis: an uncommon unheard entity.
abstract: We are reporting a case of bilateral eosinophilic mastitis which is rare and hardly heard. It is a mimicker of carcinoma breast both clinically & radiologically. A 30 years old non diabetic female presented with bilateral breast lumps with history of rhinitis off & on and peripheral eosinophilia. Mammography was suspicious while ultrasonography was diagnostic of bilateral mastitis. Aspiration cytology exhibited inflammatory lesion rich in eosinophils. Histopathology revealed the diagnosis of eosinophilic mastitis. Eosinophilic infiltration of the breast is a rare manifestation of tissue involvement in peripheral eosinophilia and bilateralism is even rarer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Aminder
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Pavneet
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Neena
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sood
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Harpreet
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Tagore Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Bhavna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods
keywords: Eosinophilic mastitis; eosinophilia