[Tuberculosis of the breast: a rare often unrecognized diagnosis].

Unlabelled: Tuberculosis of the breast (BT) is a rare extrapulmonary localization for tuberculosis that mainly affects young women during their child-bearing years.

Objective: We report eight cases of BT and describe its clinical characteristics, outcomes, and differential diagnoses.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study collected all cases of BT diagnosed at our hospital's infectious disease department in Tunisia from 2000 through 2009.