A Rare Case of Tuberculosis of Breast

Abstract

Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and mainly affects the lungs. Breast tuberculosis (TB) is a rare localization of extra-pulmonary TB. Breast tuberculosis has a prevalence of 0.6% to 3.6% of all breast infective conditions in India. It appears mostly in women of reproductive, age, multiparous, lactating. It has been scarcely reported to infect male patients, mainly before puberty, as well as women of older age. Most commonly the disease presents as a lump in the central or upper-outer quadrant of the breast while multiple lumps appear less frequently. Often the presentation leads to misdiagnose breast tuberculosis with either breast carcinoma or abscess because lump can mimic breast carcinoma, being hard, with irregular border, xed to either the skin or the muscle or even to the chest wall. Treatment generally involves anti-TB medications with or without surgery