Open AccessBreast lump: A rare presentation of tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Ravish M Kumar,
Santosh Laxman,
Prashant K. Parandekar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_238_17
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , malignancy , presentation (obstetrics) , stain , gram staining , abscess , girl , fine needle aspiration cytology , cytology , surgery , dermatology , pathology , staining , antibiotics , psychology , developmental psychology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Tuberculosis presenting as breast lump is a rare disease. This condition usually occurs in females who are in the reproductive age group. Diagnosis is quite difficult unless prompt investigations are meticulously done. They are often mistaken for malignancy. We report a 19-year-old girl with tubercular breast abscess. The abscess was incised and drained based on fine-needle aspiration cytology and ultrasonography revealed it as pyogenic abscess. Ziehl-Neelsen stain (ZN stain) of the pus sample showed acid-fast bacilli. Now, she has been started on antitubercular treatment.