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. 2015 Jul 1;77(Suppl 3):1378–1384. doi: 10.1007/s12262-015-1272-1

Table 1.

Etiologic differential diagnosis in granulomatous lesions of the breast

Infectious
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
 Blastomycosis
 Cryptococcosis
 Histoplasmosis
 Actinomycosis
 Filarial infection
 Corynebacterium
Autoimmune process
 Wegener granulomatosis
 Giant cell arteritis
 Foreign body reaction
Duct ectasia
 Plasma cell mastitis
 Subareolar granuloma
 Periductal mastitis
Diabetes mellitus
Sarcoidosis
Fat necrosis
Idiopathic