[Tuberculous axillary lymphadenitis: an unusual presentation].

Rev Med Liege

CHU Farhat Hached et CHU Sahloul, Sousse, Tunisie.

Published: April 2007

Axillary lymph node tuberculosis is rare and often poses problems of differential, diagnosis, especially with breast carcinoma. We report the case of a tuberculous axillary lymphadenitis discovered at the time of the exploration of a supposedly metastatic liver and, initially, taken for metastases of an occult breast carcinoma. Tuberculous axillary lymphadenitis remains a rare condition which must be considered in patients living in country with endemic tuberculosis.

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