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Introduction: Idiopathic granulomatous lobular mastitis (IGLM) is an inflammatory disease of the breast with an obscure etiology.It occurs mainly in women of reproductive age, and the lesion mimics carcinoma of the breast both clinically and radiologicallyCase Presentation:We present the case of a 29-year-old female who visited our hospital in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, with a 43cm lump in the upper outer quadrant of her left breast. The clinical and radiological findings were indicative of a malignant lesion;however, fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) revealed features of granulomatous mastitis, and the subsequent histology of theexcised lump confirmed the diagnosis of IGLM.Conclusions: IGLM should be considered as one of the differential diagnoseswhengranulomas are encountered in breastFNACandbiopsy. A definitive diagnosis of IGLM can be made by identifying its characteristic histomorphology and ruling out other causesfor granulomatous inflammation. An exact diagnosis is essential since the treatment for different granulomatous conditions of thebreast varies.