Tuberculosis of Breast Masquerading as Malignancy
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Tuberculosis of Breast Masquerading as Malignancy
Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and affects primarily the lungs. Breast tuberculosis is a rare disease with an incidence of <0.1% of all breast lesions in Western countries and 3-4% in tuberculosis endemic regions, such as India and Africa [1,2]. Most commonly the disease presents as a lump in the central or upper-outer quadrant of the breast while multiple lumps appear les...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Case Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2165-7920
DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000492