title: Primary tuberculosis of the breast mimicking carcinoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynecology and Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. beneditoborges@globo.com
authors.forename: Benedito Borges
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Lina G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
authors.forename: Pedro Vitor L
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Cleicilene Gomes
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.forename: Anatole Santos
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Borges
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology