CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 62-64

Is primary tuberculosis of breast a forgotten entity? Series of three cases

Dakshayani S Nirhale, Virendra S Athavale, Kunal Kishore, Gaurav G Goenka
Department of General Surgery, Padamashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pimpri, Pun, India

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Kunal Kishore
Department of General Surgery, Padamashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Center, Pimpri, Pune - 411018
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.122786

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The incidence of tuberculosis is high in developing country; primary tuberculosis of breast is extremely rare, 3-4% of all breast lesions. Tuberculosis of breast often mimics breast cancers clinically. We are reporting here three cases of primary tuberculosis of breast presented with painless breast lump. Diagnosis was difficult and made by several parameters in different cases. Made by excision biopsy or the presence of acid-fast bacilli or Tuberculin test or Fine needle aspiration cytology of breast lump depending upon the cases. All the patients responded well to anti-tubercular regimen.


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