Tuberculosis of the breast in a patient undergoing hemodialysis.
A 61-year-old female patient with diabetes undergoing maintenance hemodialysis presented with fever and swelling of her right breast. She had been unresponsive to nonspecific antimicrobial therapies. Breast tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis were diagnosed by excision biopsy and tissue culture. A combination antituberculous treatment including isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide was started and resulted in the remission of the lesions by the end of the first month of therapy.
Yazici
Ozan
O
Department of Nephrology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ibni Sina Hospital, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
Mescigil
Pinar
P
Kepenekci
Ilknur
I
Celepli
Pinar
P
Sengul
Sule
S
Azap
Alpay
A
Ertürk
Sehsuvar
S
D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001706:Biopsy; D001940:Breast / Q000382:microbiology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents