title: Case report: Breast cancer associated with contralateral tuberculosis of axillary lymph nodes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Breast cancer coexisting with tuberculous axillary lymph nodes is rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 69 years old Yemeni patient with a left breast invasive ductal carcinoma associated with contralateral tuberculous axillary lymph nodes containing microcalcifications mimicking malignancy. The patient had to be investigated for the possibility of bilateral breast cancer since she had no history of previous exposure to tuberculosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tuberculosis involving lymph nodes can create a diagnostic dilemma in the presence of a malignant process. The presence of calcifications in lymph nodes should raise the possibility of tuberculosis even in the absence of contact history with tuberculosis.
authors: King Fahd General Hospital, P, O, Box: 51652, Jeddah 21553, Saudi Arabia. munabaslaim@hotmail.com
authors: Muna M
authors: MM
authors: Baslaim
authors: Shefaa A
authors: SA
authors: Al-Amoudi
authors: Masoud A
authors: MA
authors: Al-Ghamdi
authors: Abdullah S
authors: AS
authors: Ashour
authors: Taha S
authors: TS
authors: Al-Numani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D060787:Neoplasm Grading; D011379:Prognosis; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology