Tuberculosis of Breast
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Murat Kapan 1 * , Mehmet Toksöz 2, Şule Dönmez Bakır 3, M. Erdal Sak 4, Mehmet Sıddık Evsen 1, Yaşar Bozkurt 1, Akın Önder 1
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1 Dicle University Medical Faculty, Diyarbakir, Turkey2 Yeni Yaşam Hospital, Department of Radiology, Diyarbakır, Turkey3 Diyarbakır Training and Research Hospital, Department of Pathology, Diyarbakir, Turkey4 Ergani Public Hospital, Department of Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Breast is one the least common location for tuberculosis (TB) infection and it may mimic breast cancer. Increasing prevalence of TB world¬wide may lead an increase in such uncommon manifestations of TB. In this report, we described two women with breast TB (34 and 28 years-old). Lumpectomy was performed to both patients due to suspicion of malignancy. Histological examination revealed characteristic tubercu-losis granulation tissue including epitheloid cells and Langhans type giant cells. Antituberculous therapy was given to both patients after surgical operation for 6 months and no complication was observed. In conclusion, TB should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of breast masses, especially in endemic tuberculous

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 7, Issue 2, April 2010, 216-219

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82856

Publication date: 12 Apr 2010

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