Granulomatous Lobular Mastitis Associated with Mycobacterium abscessus in South China: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Cases of breast infection caused by Mycobacteria reported in the literature.

Case	Author, year	Age/ sex	Area (race)	Presentation	Surgery	Organism	Length of therapy	Outcome
1	Trupiano, 2001	17/f	American	Mass	Resection	M. abscessus	None	Complete response
2	Jacobs, 2002	35/f	German	Mass	Open biopsy	M. holsaticum, M. agricund, M. brurnae	10 days	Complete response
3	Lewis, 2004	29/f	American	Mass	Core needle and open biopsy	M. fortuitum	6 months	Complete response
4	Bengualid, 2008	17/f	American	Abscess	Incision and drainage	M. fortuitum	6 to 12 months	Relapse after 3 months
5	Yasar, 2011	38/f	Turks	Mass	Fine needle aspirations	M. abscessus	4 months	Complete response
6	Betal, 2011	51/f	Caucasian	Abscess	Incision and drainage	M. fortuitum	6 months	Complete response
7	Abbass, 2014	21/f	Canadian	Mass	Aspiration	M. fortuitum	6 months	Complete response
8	Present study, 2016	29/f	Chinese	Mass	Core needle and open biopsy	M. abscessus	1 year	Complete response