A young lady with secondary tuberculosis of breast.
Tuberculosis of breast is an extremly rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis even in endemic area like Bangladesh and the incidence is 0.25-4.5% of all breast lesions. The diagnosis is difficult because of nonspecific clinical, radiological and histopathological findings. Very often biopsy specimens are inadequate and microscopy or culture is negative. It is usually suspected in a multiparous woman who may be immunocompromised. We report a case of breast tuberculosis in a 26 years old multiparous lady who previously present with two times attack of right sided breast lump and then diagnosed as a case of breast abscess and treated by incision and drainage with antibiotics in a nearby local hospital. During her third time attack she admitted into Mymensingh Medical College Hospital with right sided breast lump with multiple discharging sinuses for one month. Biopsy was taken from the lump and sinus tract and histopathological report confirmed the diagnosis as a case of tuberculosis of breast. Her X-ray chest showed tubercular lesion in lungs. So this is a case of secondary breast tuberculosis. This case highlights how difficult is the diagnosis of a case of breast tuberculosis for which the patient may require even mastectomy at very late case. So this case is reported.
Department of Surgery, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
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Islam
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Gafur
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Khan
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Karim
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Mohiuddin
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Jahan
D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology