Table 4.

Changing trends of idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) at King Abdulla University Hospital.

Characteristics	(1994–2002)[14]	(2002–2018)
Number of patients	24	44
Mean age, years	34.3 (range: 11–55)	37.85 (range: 25–52)
Clinical initial diagnosis of IGM	None	70.5%
Initial false impression of carcinoma	71%	29.54%
Tissue diagnosis
True-cut biopsy	None	31 patients (70.45%)
Frozen section	None	11 patients (25.00%)
Fine needle aspiration cytology	17 (70.83%)	14 patients (31.82%)
Post wide local surgical excision	24 (100.00%)	2 patients (4.55%)
Mastectomy performed due to a false clinical, radiological, and cytological evaluation	1 patient	None
Curative surgical excision	24 patients	43 patients
Use of steroids	4 patients (16.67%)	19 patients (43.18%)