Granulomatous angiopanniculitis of the breast: Mammographic and sonographic findings

Granulomatous inflammation of the breast is associated with foreign materia l, infectious agents, or idiopathic diseases, including autoimmune diseases . GAP of the breast is a rare, idiopathic disease, with nonnecrotic granulo mas and angiitis in the subcutaneous fat tissue and breast parenchyma. It h as been described only in one pathologic report.(1) Ln this report, we desc ribe mammographic and sonographic findings of a case of GAP in the breast.