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Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare, benign inflammatory disorder of the breast. Clinical features may include painful breasts, erythema, subcutaneous nodules, and ulcerative lesions. It can mimic various other breast pathologies, and it is a diagnosis of exclusion after infection,
OBJECTIVE
To identify the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis, and the usefulness of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) in distinguishing idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) from malignant breast lesions.
METHODS
A total of 37
BACKGROUND
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare benign breast disease with unknown etiology which can mimic breast carcinoma, both clinically and radiologically. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of IGM have been previously described; however there is no study evaluating
Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare inflammatory breast disease mimicking carcinoma and puerperal or non-puerperal mastitis. The primary purpose of this prospectively performed case control study was to compare clinical and imaging signs of IGM with the reference group of nonspecific,