Tuberculosis of the breast is a very rare entity. Nearly 500 cases of breast tuberculosis have been documented world wide. Despite the high incidence of tuberculosis in India, reports of breast tuberculosis have been few. We report a rare case of TB of the breast, which resembled malignancy. This is the first case that presented to a unit of general surgery in a tertiary care municipal general ...

Association of tuberculosis of breast with carcinoma of breast is very rare there may be tuberculosis of breast parenchyma or

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com deceptive ranging from features of pyogenic abscess to frank breast cancer. Majority of cases of breast tuberculosis were reported from the Asian subcontinent where tuberculosis continues to be a major healthcare problem. Since the incidence of breast tuberculosis is significantly low as compared to other benign or malignant conditions of the breast...

Primary tuberculosis of the breast is a rare disease. Mammographic, sonographic, and computed tomographic features of a case of primary tuberculosis in the breast are presented. Differential diagnosis with other benign and malign diseases of the breast can be difficult with imaging methods. In endemic areas, tuberculosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of breast tumors.

The significance of breast tuberculosis is due to rare occurrence and mistaken identity with breast cancer and pyogenic breast abscess. Breast tuberculosis was scarcely reported even from endemic areas until lately when several reports have come up from South Africa and India. The incidence of tubercular mastitis although decreasing in the West, could show a resurgence with the global pandemic ...

Background Breast tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis with clinical and radiological misleading presentations. We report herein a retrospective study of clinicopathological features of five cases of breast tuberculosis collected at Hassan II University Hospital of Fès, Morocco, a country where tuberculosis is endemic. Case presentation The mean age was 40.6 years (range...

Breast tuberculosis is a rare disease in highly endemic countries, and it is even rarer in Western countries, where only occasionally the local population is affected. The rarity of the disease and particularly the lack of a typical clinical-radiological presentation may cause tuberculosis to be mistaken for breast cancer or a pyogenic abscess. The authors present a case of breast tuberculosis ...

Primary breast tuberculosis manifested as abscess is a rare entity. We are reporting a case of primary breast tuberculosis, which presented as breast abscess. Abscess was drained and tissue sent for histopathology. To our surprise, diagnosis came as breast tuberculosis. Aspiration cytology was not done, as it is not a routine test for abscess cases. Patient was put on anti- tubercular drugs. In...

Mammary tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity, often mimicking breast cancer or abscesses. A 26-year-old female presented with a painful left breast mass and an associated sinus tract with purulent discharge. Physical examination revealed a tender, erythematous, firm left breast mass with an associated sinus tract opening with discharge within the upper outer quadrant of her left breast with a...

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...