title: Tuberculosis axillary lymph node coexistent breast cancer in adjuvant treatment: case report.
abstract: Coexistence of breast cancer and tuberculosis is rare. In most cases, involvement by tuberculosis occurs in axillary lymph nodes. We report a case of a 43-years-old patient who had undergone adenomastectomy and left sentinel lymph node biopsy due to a triple negative ductal carcinoma. At the end of adjuvant treatment, the patient had an atypical lymph node in the left axilla. Lymph node was excised, and after laboratory analysis, the diagnosis was ganglion tuberculosis. The patient underwent treatment for primary tuberculosis. The development of these two pathologies can lead to problems in diagnosis and treatment. An accurate diagnosis is important to avoid unnecessary surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Silvio Eduardo
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bromberg
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paulo Gustavo Tenório do
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Amaral
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*