Case series on variable presentations of tuberculosis of the breast
| Autor: | Ramyasree Paladugu, Jeyakumar Sundaraj, Tharun Ganapathy Chitrambalam, Pradeep Joshua Christopher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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DNA Bacterial general surgery medicine.medical_specialty Tuberculosis Breast surgery medicine.medical_treatment India Case Report 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Diagnosis Differential Breast Diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Ectasia Humans Medicine Breast skin and connective tissue diseases Retrospective Studies GeneXpert MTB/RIF business.industry General surgery Mycobacterium tuberculosis General Medicine breast surgery Middle Aged medicine.disease Fibroadenosis BREAST ABSCESS tuberculosis 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Female business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bcr-2020-236019 |
| Popis: | Tuberculosis (TB) of the breast is extremely rare and is often mistaken for benign or malignant lesions of the breast. They are rare even in countries which are endemic for TB, like India. The most common type of clinical presentation is a vague lump in the breast, but there are even other types of presentations which are documented. In olden days, there was a lot of dilemma and challenge in diagnosing TB of the breast, but thanks to improved pathological knowledge and the advent of investigations such as QuantiFERON-TB gold and GeneXpert, TB can be diagnosed early nowadays and treated accordingly. In this study series, we report 10 cases of TB of the breast with variable clinical presentations as fibroadenosis, breast abscess, duct ectasia and breast lump on evaluation, and the challenges encountered in establishing the diagnosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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