Breast tuberculosis: a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis
By: MTM Ashfaq and Wasantha Kodikara Arachchi
Open Access
|Oct 2009Abstract
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis occurring in the breast is extremely rare. Breast tuberculosis is uncommon even in countries where the incidence of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis is high. It is often mistaken for carcinoma or pyogenic breast abscess. Diagnosis is based on the identification of typical histological features or the tubercle bacilli under microscopy or culture. The disease is curable with antitubercular chemotherapeutic drugs.
DOI: 10.4038/gmj.v14i1.1182
Galle Medical Journal Vol.14(1) 2009 69-70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/gmj.v14i1.1182 | Journal eISSN: 1391-7072
Language: English
Page range: 69 - 70
Published on: Oct 8, 2009
Published by: Galle Medical Association
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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