Breast tuberculosis.

Saudi Med J

Department of Respiratory Medicine, Fatih University, Faculty of Medicine, Ciftlik Street No. 57 Emek, Ankara, Turkey.

Published: July 2006

Tuberculosis is the most widespread and persistent human infection in the world. Tuberculosis of the breast is an uncommon disease with an incidence range between 0.1-3%, for all the breast diseases treated surgically. We present a case with primary breast tuberculosis. The diagnosis was made based on result of pathological examination of incision biopsy and cure had been obtained with anti-tuberculosis therapy with 4 drugs. Especially for patients from the areas where tuberculosis is endemic, tuberculosis must be considered in differential diagnosis of breast lesions.

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