[Tuberculosis of the breast]

Gynakol Geburtshilfliche Rundsch. 1993;33(2):107-10. doi: 10.1159/000272078.
[Article in German]

Abstract

The case of a 89-year-old women with mammary tuberculosis is reported. The diagnosis was based on histopathological and bacteriological examinations. Chest X-ray showed a lung-pleural tuberculosis, so we considered it a secondary organ manifestation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Breast / pathology
  • Breast Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Breast Diseases / pathology
  • Breast Diseases / surgery
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mastectomy, Segmental
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / pathology
  • Tuberculosis / surgery
  • Tuberculosis, Pleural / diagnosis
  • Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / diagnosis