Case report: breast cancer associated with contralateral tuberculosis of axillary lymph nodes

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Taha S Al-Numani¹  Abdullah S Ashour¹  Masoud A Al-Ghamdi¹  Shefaa A Al-Amoudi¹  Muna M Baslaim¹ 

[1] King Fahd General Hospital, P. O. Box: 51652, Jeddah 21553, Saudi Arabia

关键词: Axillary lymph nodes;    Tuberculosis;    Breast cancer;   

Others  :  826246
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7819-11-43

 received in 2012-10-21, accepted in 2013-02-16,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Breast cancer coexisting with tuberculous axillary lymph nodes is rare.

Case report

We report a 69 years old Yemeni patient with a left breast invasive ductal carcinoma associated with contralateral tuberculous axillary lymph nodes containing microcalcifications mimicking malignancy. The patient had to be investigated for the possibility of bilateral breast cancer since she had no history of previous exposure to tuberculosis.

Conclusion

Tuberculosis involving lymph nodes can create a diagnostic dilemma in the presence of a malignant process. The presence of calcifications in lymph nodes should raise the possibility of tuberculosis even in the absence of contact history with tuberculosis.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Baslaim et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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