Intralesional Steroid Therapy in Patients With Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a benign chronic inflammatory breast condition, first described in 1972 by Kessler and Wooloch (1).IGM most often presents in women of childbearing age within a few years of pregnancy.It is most common in women of Asian, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, or African origin (2,3).Rarely, IGM has also been reported in nulliparous women and men (4,5).It mimics breast cancer and abscesses.However, its etiology is still unknown.The pathogenesis of IGM remains unclear,