Tuberculosis of Breast Masquerading as Malignancy
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Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and affects primarily the lungs. Breast tuberculosis is a rare disease with an incidence of <0.1% of all breast lesions in Western countries and 3-4% in tuberculosis endemic regions, such as India and Africa [1,2]. Most commonly the disease presents as a lump in the central or upper-outer quadrant of the breast while multiple lumps appear less frequently [3]. The ‘triple assessment’ of any breast lump is a well-established process to aid in the effective diagnosis of breast cancer [4]. It was only after having assessed the patient clinically, imaging the lump appropriately and subjecting it to cytological and histological analysis, that we were confidently able to exclude breast cancer.
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