A Case of Mammary Tuberculosis.

Lee, Jongjin; Park, Sangki; Kim, Aekyoung; Cho, Haijeong; Suhr, Jiwon; Kim, Juock; Kim, Sunyoung

doi:1995.42.4.584

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 42(4); 1995 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(4):584-587.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.4.584 Published online August 1, 1995.

A Case of Mammary Tuberculosis.

Jongjin Lee, Sangki Park, Aekyoung Kim, Haijeong Cho, Jiwon Suhr, Juock Kim, Sunyoung Kim

Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Taejon, Korea.

Abstract

Mammary tuberculosis is a rare entity. The incidence of the disease varies from 0.025% to 4.5% of all surgically treated breast diseases. The surgical resection is required for diagnosis of mammary tuberculosis, since the clinician may confuse tuberculosis mastitis with either carcinoma or breast abscess. Treatment is the combination of resection and chemotherapy. We report a case of mammary tuberculosis diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration and biopsy (FNAB), along with a review of literature.

Key Words: Mammary tuberculosis, fine-needle aspiration and biopsy(FNAB)