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Here, we discuss the case of a 25-year-old nursing woman who experienced left breast edema lump for two years. The upper outer quadrant of the leftt breast was involved by the hard, small, non-tender, and movable enlargement. The lesion\u2019s FNAC produced a thick, milky, and chalky substance. Numerous semi-transparent crystals of various sizes and shapes with angulated edges could be seen in cytological smears against a background of granular and amorphous proteinaceous material. A diagnosis of crystallizing galactocele was made on the basis of the patient\u2019s clinical history of lactation and characteristic cytological findings. 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