Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Tuberculosis of Breast Masquerading as Malignancy

Abstract

Santosh T, Patro MK, Bal AK and Choudhury A

Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and affects primarily the lungs. Breast tuberculosis is a rare disease with an incidence of <0.1% of all breast lesions in Western countries and 3-4% in tuberculosis endemic regions, such as India and Africa.