title: Chest wall tuberculosis simulating breast carcinoma: imaging appearance.
abstract: Tuberculosis of the breast is a rare disease. Tubercular abscesses predominantly affecting the soft tissues are also very infrequent. A case of chest wall tuberculosis secondarily involving the breast presenting as a hard, fixed lump simulating mammary carcinoma is presented here. There was no evidence of pleural or pulmonary tuberculosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chumber
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sawhney
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*