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. 1982 Sep;35(9):941-5.
doi: 10.1136/jcp.35.9.941.

Granulomatous mastitis: a report of seven cases

A Fletcher, I M Magrath, R H Riddell, I C Talbot

Granulomatous mastitis: a report of seven cases

A Fletcher et al. J Clin Pathol. 1982 Sep.

Abstract

The clinical history and histological features of seven cases of granulomatous mastitis are presented. The lesion occurs in young parous women as a tender extra-areolar breast lump. Histologically, non-caseating discrete granulomas are present, confined to breast lobules with, in three cases, coalescence of the granulomas and microabscess formation. Pathogenesis of the changes is discussed. It is thought that granulomatous mastitis is an entity morphologically distinct from duct ectasia/plasma cell mastitis and the commoner forms of granulomatous breast diseases.

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