title: [Tuberculosis of the breast].
abstract: The case of a 89-year-old women with mammary tuberculosis is reported. The diagnosis was based on histopathological and bacteriological examinations. Chest X-ray showed a lung-pleural tuberculosis, so we considered it a secondary organ manifestation.
authors.affiliation: Frauenklinik, Kantonsspital, St. Gallen, Schweiz.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Benz
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Diener
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Würth
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fehr
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lorenz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000175:diagnosis; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis