Mastitis, a Radiographic, Clinical, and Histopathologic Review.
Mastitis is a benign inflammatory process of the breast with heterogeneous histopathological findings, which clinically and radiographically may mimic a mammary carcinoma. We undertook a retrospective study on 37 cases of mastitis in our institution to correlate the radiographic imaging features and the clinical presentation with the histopathological findings. Histologically, there were 21 granulomatous, 7 fibrous, 3 plasma cell, 3 lupus, 2 lymphocytic, and 1 case of acute mastitis. Radiographically, 16/25 (64%) patients with ultrasound studies showed irregular hypoechoic masses suspicious for malignancy. Clinically, 38% of patients had an associated systemic disease.
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Lin
L
Cheng
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Vijaya
V
Reddy
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Gene
G
Solmos
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Latanja
L
Watkins
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
David
D
Cimbaluk
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Pincas
P
Bitterman
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Ritu
R
Ghai
Department of Pathology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Paolo
P
Gattuso
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D058890:Granulomatous Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods
fibrous mastitis; granulomatous mastitis; lupus mastitis; lymphocytic mastitis; plasma cell mastitis