BACKGROUND While tuberculosis of the breast is an extremely uncommon entity seen in western populations, it accounts for up to 3% of all treatable breast lesions in developing countries. CASE PRESENTATIONS We reviewed three female cases of mammary tuberculosis that were diagnosed and treated in Turkey during the same calendar year. All three patients presented with a painful breast mass. In a...

INTRODUCTION The incidence of tuberculosis is rising worldwide and rare manifestations of the past are seen more often nowadays. Mammary tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity, often mimicking breast cancer or abscesses of benign or malignant origin. Clinical awareness is necessary during diagnostic work-up for establishing the correct diagnosis and treatment. CASE PRESENTATION We present a c...

Fat necrosis in breast is a rare benign condition, which can mimic carcinoma and Tuberculosis (TB) of both clinical radiological assessment. Histopathology such cases may distinguish granulomatous lesion from carcinoma, however granulomas are identified fat tuberculosis difficult to differentiate. often not associated with axillary lymph nodes, differentiate carcinoma. But high index suspicion ...

Coexistent carcinoma and tuberculosis in a breast is a rare entity. It poses problems right from the diagnosis and staging of carcinoma to treatment and patient compliance. Proper clinical examination and investigations should be performed in such cases as both carcinoma and tuberculosis are major diseases with no definite symptoms or signs to distinguish the two. Herein, we report the case of ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the presentation of breast tuberculosis, diagnostic methods and surgical treatments. STUDY DESIGN A case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY This study was conducted at Dow University of Health Sciences and Tuberculosis Clinic at Bantwa Hospital, Kharadar, Karachi, from April 1999 to March 2007. METHODOLOGY Clinically diagnosed patients of breast tuberculosis, confi...

BACKGROUND The coexistence of breast cancer and tuberculosis is very rare. This can create a dilemma in the diagnosis and treatment as there are no pathognomonic symptoms or signs to distinguish both diseases. CASE PRESENTATION A female patient was seen in the breast clinic for a right breast lump. Clinical examination and investigation confirmed cancer and tuberculosis of the right breast. S...

The diagnosis of musculoskeletal tuberculosis remains a challenge for clinicians and requires a high index of suspicion. The combination of indolent onset of symptom and signs with histological or cytological features and compatible radiography findings, strongly suggest the diagnosis. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are important to prevent serious bone and joint destruction. Tuberculosis invol...

Abstract Background Breast Tuberculosis (TB) is a rare form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. It can mimic the presentation many breast diseases including malignancy. We present case tuberculosis that had negative cultures from tissue while positive on lymph node biopsy. Case A 36-year-old Libyan British lady presented to symptomatic clinic with large left mass during first trimester her fifth p...

In a follow-up a 74-year-old woman with breast cancer (clinical stage T4N1M0 at onset, treatment by surgical resection and tamoxifen) presented a combination of two distinct diseases in the lung: breast cancer metastasis and tuberculosis. A CT scan showed multiple pulmonary nodular lesions and in only one lesion fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) diagnosed tuberculosis. After specific antib...

The coexistence of metastatic breast cancer and tuberculosis in axillary lymph nodes is very rare. We present the case of a 57-year-old woman with multifocal invasive ductal breast carcinoma in whom the resected axillary nodes were found to harbor both metastatic cancer and tuberculous lymphadenitis. Thorough investigation revealed no evidence of primary tuberculosis elsewhere. A quantiFERON TB...