Tuberculous mastitis diagnosed on cytology - case report of a rare entity

Riti Tushar Kanti Sinha, Aniruna Dey, Seema AgarwalJournal of Cytology 2017 34(3):162-164 Tuberculous mastititis is a rare clinical entity and usually affects women from the Indian subcontinent. It often mimics breast carcinoma and pyogenic breast abscess. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a very essential diagnostic tool when other routine laboratory investigations are not helpful in reaching to the conclusion. Tuberculosis (TB) of the breast is an uncommon presentation of TB even in countries where the incidence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB is high. Radiological imaging is not diagnostic.
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