Primary tuberculosis of the breast mimicking carcinoma

This report describes a well-documented case of primary, nodular-form tuberculosis of the breast that mimicked cancer in a 73-year-old patient. This is a disease that rarely affects the breast.

Bibliographic Details

Published in:	The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Vol. 73; no. 5; p. 975
Main Authors:	da Silva, Benedito Borges, Dos Santos, Lina G, Costa, Pedro Vitor L, Pires, Cleicilene Gomes, Borges, Anatole Santos
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-11-2005
Subjects:	Aged Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis Carcinoma - diagnosis Diagnosis, Differential Female Humans Mastitis - diagnosis Mastitis - microbiology Mycobacterium tuberculosis Tuberculosis - diagnosis Tuberculosis - microbiology
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