Case report: Breast cancer associated with contralateral tuberculosis of axillary lymph nodes.
| Autor: | Baslaim MM; King Fahd General Hospital, P, O, Box: 51652, Jeddah 21553, Saudi Arabia. munabaslaim@hotmail.com, Al-Amoudi SA, Al-Ghamdi MA, Ashour AS, Al-Numani TS |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | World journal of surgical oncology [World J Surg Oncol] 2013 Feb 25; Vol. 11, pp. 43. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Feb 25. |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1477-7819-11-43 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Breast cancer coexisting with tuberculous axillary lymph nodes is rare. Case Report: We report a 69 years old Yemeni patient with a left breast invasive ductal carcinoma associated with contralateral tuberculous axillary lymph nodes containing microcalcifications mimicking malignancy. The patient had to be investigated for the possibility of bilateral breast cancer since she had no history of previous exposure to tuberculosis. Conclusion: Tuberculosis involving lymph nodes can create a diagnostic dilemma in the presence of a malignant process. The presence of calcifications in lymph nodes should raise the possibility of tuberculosis even in the absence of contact history with tuberculosis. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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