Open AccessRecurrent Bilateral Breast Abscess Due to Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection
Author(s) -
Hyuk Sang Yoo,
Sang Hyun Choi,
Youn Jeong Kim,
Sei Joong Kim,
Young Up Cho,
Suk Jin Choi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of breast cancer/journal of breast cancer
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2092-9900
pISSN - 1738-6756
DOI - 10.4048/jbc.2014.17.3.295
Subject(s) - medicine , nontuberculous mycobacteria , differential diagnosis , abscess , medical diagnosis , surgery , dermatology , radiology , mycobacterium , pathology , tuberculosis
Since recurrent bilateral breast infection due to nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is rare, its diagnosis is easily overlooked; in addition, complete recovery is often difficult to achieve. We report a case of recurrent bilateral infection in a 35-year-old woman who had completed treatment for NTM. Although various infectious diseases show similar clinical conditions and imaging findings, recurrences should raise suspicion of NTM infection, and this possibility should be considered in differential diagnoses.