PRIMARY TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BREAST MIMICKING CARCINOMA

BENEDITO BORGES DA SILVA Department of Gynecology and Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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LINA G. DOS SANTOS Department of Gynecology and Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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PEDRO VITOR L. COSTA Department of Gynecology and Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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CLEICILENE GOMES PIRES Department of Gynecology and Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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ANATOLE SANTOS BORGES Department of Gynecology and Department of Pathology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

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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.

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