[Granulomatous lesions of the breast. Their role in inflammatory breast pathology and their relations to lobular granulomatous mastitis].

The authors summarise the clinical notes and histological findings of 17 patients who had inflammatory changes in their breasts and in whom biopsies showed epithelioid granulation tissues with giant cells. Three separate histological tables have been prepared as well as a review of the literature. The paper shows that mixed granulomatous conditions exist, with the sites of the changes being both in the canals and in the lobules. This gives rise to a discussion about the separateness of the condition, which is presumed to be of an autoimmune origin. It is pointed out that there can be an infectious element present.