title: Tuberculosis of the breast in a patient undergoing hemodialysis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ibni Sina Hospital, 06100, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yazici
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mescigil
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kepenekci
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Celepli
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengul
authors.forename: Alpay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azap
authors.forename: Sehsuvar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ertürk
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents