Breast tuberculosis, a rare entity

Publication date: Available online 26 March 2019Source: IDCasesAuthor(s): Abha Shrestha, Keyoor Gautam, Devish Pyakurel, Santosh Pradhan, Vivek PantAbstractBreast tuberculosis is a rare form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. It is rare in western countries, usually occurs in multiparous and lactating women but rare in male and older women. It has a varied clinical, radiological and pathological presentation that can be similar to that of a breast abscess or carcinoma. Constitutional symptoms are not usually present making it even harder to diagnose clinically. Here we present a case of a young Nepalese woman with tubercular mastitis who was initially misdiagnosed as breast abscess.
Source: IDCases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research