title: Breast tuberculosis mimicking a malignancy: a rare case report with review of literature.
abstract: Breast tuberculosis an uncommon form of tuberculosis and it usually presents as a lump in the breast. Tuberculosis of the breast can masquerade many breast diseases including malignancy and idiopathic granulomatous mastitis. The varied presentation poses a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma for the clinicians. We report a case of a 56 year old lady who presented with a lump in the breast and overlying skin ulceration, which resembled a malignancy on clinical examination and radiological investigations. Histo-pathology confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculosis and the patient responded to anti tubercular drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rohan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
authors.forename: Ila
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Breast; malignancy; tuberculosis