Tuberculosis mastitis – Still a Great Masquerader

Autor:	Manohar Pai, Shankar Hs Ram, Prathibha B Naik, Poornachandra Thejeswi, Rahul Bhat, Shivananda Prabhu, Shibumon M M
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Both breasts business.industry Retrospective cohort study Disease medicine.disease Surgery Mastitis Granulomatous inflammation Internal medicine medicine Histopathology Presentation (obstetrics) business
Zdroj:	IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences. 13:78-82
ISSN:	2279-0853 2279-0861
DOI:	10.9790/0853-13727882
Popis:	Though India has major burden of cases of tuberculosis in the world, tuberculous mastitis remains to be one of the least studied entities. In this retrospective study we have emphasised clinical and demographic profile of patients diagnosed with tuberculous mastitis and their response to anti tubercular therapy. We had 10 patients diagnosed with tuberculous mastitis during the period of 2009 – 2014. All patients were in reproductive bracket commonly presenting in the age group of 30 – 35 yrs. Presentation involved equal frequency in both breasts and duration spanned over 2 days to a year. Most of them were house wives and parous women who had breast fed children. Usual presentation was breast lump whose mean size was 4.5 cms associated with dull pain. Diagnosis was confirmed by histopathology which showed granulomatous inflammation, caseating necrosis with or without demonstrable tuberculous bacillus. Patients were treated with anti tubercular therapy for 6 months resulting in complete cure of disease with no relapse or recurrence.
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