Open AccessBREAST TUBERCULOSIS SIMULATING MALIGNANT TUMOR: A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
B Khadija,
Saad Benali,
Khalid Guelzim,
El Hassani Moulay El Mehdi,
Babahabib Abdellah,
Jaouad Kouach
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of advanced research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5407
DOI - 10.21474/ijar01/12569
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , medicine , affection , case finding , breast tumor , general surgery , surgery , breast cancer , pathology , psychology , cancer , social psychology
Breast tuberculosisis an infection that affects youngwomen in theirgenitally active period. It isoftenprimary and creates issues in terms of diagnosis and treatment. Treatmentisactuallybased on antitubercularchemotherapy, ocassionallyassociated to surgery. The prognosisis favorable undertreatment. We have to mention that in case of breasttuberculosis, Histopathologicalexaminationremains the onlymean of diagnosis. Referring to the medicalliteraturewritten about the affection, wewillanalyzeitsparticularities.