title: Tuberculosis of the Breast: An Initial Presentation of the Metabolic Syndrome with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Young Nigerian Woman.
abstract: Breast tuberculosis is an uncommon presentation of extra pulmonary tuberculosis. A 40-year-old obese woman presented with a right breast abscess which had failed to heal after surgical drainage. There was no family history of breast disease. Biopsy and histology of the lesion showed chronic granulomatous inflammation with positive stains for acid fast bacilli compatible with tuberculosis. Further evaluation confirmed metabolic syndrome with type 2 diabetes mellitus. She was placed on antituberculosis chemotherapy and appropriate therapy for diabetes mellitus with complete resolution of the lesion. We report this case because of its rarity and to highlight the association between tuberculosis an infectious disease and overnutrition in diabetes mellitus, a noncommunicable disease.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonology Unit, Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, PMB 06, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: M A
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3312-0749
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Adeiza
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, PMB 06, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yusuf
authors.affiliation: Department of Histopathology, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, PMB 06, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Liman
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, PMB 06, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abur
authors.affiliation: Endocrine Unit, Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, PMB 06, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bello
authors.affiliation: Pulmonology Unit, Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, PMB 06, Shika, Zaria, Nigeria.
authors.forename: A A
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4925-8913
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Abba