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Tubercular breast abscess

Author(s) -

PradeepS Jadhav,

PradhanM Pagaro,

Anjali Verma,

Anjali Deshpande

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

medical journal of dr d y patil university

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2278-7119

pISSN - 0975-2870

DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.110318

Subject(s) - medicine , abscess , biopsy , fine needle aspiration cytology , breast carcinoma , indian subcontinent , radiology , mammography , cytology , tuberculosis , surgery , general surgery , pathology , breast cancer , cancer , history , ancient history

Tubercular breast abscess is a rare clinical entity and affects women from mainly the Indian subcontinent. It often mimics breast carcinoma and pyogenic breast abscess clinically. Routine laboratory investigations are not helpful in the diagnosis. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) or biopsy is essential for diagnosis, and tuberculous culture when positive may be very useful to start antitubercular treatment

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