DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2018.v06i01.016

Pages: 52-55

Breast tuberculosis is rare presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis even in countries where tuberculosis is widespread and common like India. Breast tuberculosis is mistaken with breast cancer and pyogenic breast abscess clinically and radiologically. Its incidence is likely to be higher in undeveloped countries as a result of the high TB incidence, but with an increasing spread of HIV in developed countries, the incidence of breast tuberculosis is increasing. Breast tuberculosis has no defined clinical features. Radiological imaging is not diagnostic. Diagnosis is based on identification of typical histological features or the tubercle bacilli under microscopy or culture. Antitubercular therapy for 6 months with or without surgical intervention is the mainstay of treatment today.