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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 73(5), 2005, pp. 975-976
Copyright © 2005 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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CLINICAL CASE REPORT


PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BREAST MIMICKING CARCINOMA

BENEDITO BORGES DA SILVA*, LINA G. DOS SANTOS, PEDRO VITOR L. COSTA, CLEICILENE GOMES PIRES, AND ANATOLE SANTOS BORGES
Department of Gynecology and Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

 

ABSTRACT

This report describes a well-documented case of primary, nodular-form tuberculosis of the breast that mimicked cancer in a 73-year-old patient. This is a disease that rarely affects the breast.

Received June 12, 2005. Accepted for publication July 19, 2005.

* Address corrrespondence to Benedito Borges da Silva, Avenida Elias João Tajra, 1600, Apt. 600 Edifício Oscar Niemeyer, Jockey Club 64.049-300, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. E-mail: beneditoborges{at}globo.com

Authors’ addresses: Benedito Borges da Silva, Pedro Vitor L. Costa, Cleicilene Gomes Pires, and Anatole Santos Borges, Department of Gynecology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. Lina G. dos Santos, Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil.




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