Tuberculous mastitis: A disease not to be forgotten

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 920-925

  Bani Hani, Kamal E ^a   Yaghan, R J ^a   Matalka, I I ^a   Mazahreh, T S ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Breast; Granulomatous mastitis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous mastitis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; RIFATER; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AWARENESS; BIOPSY; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACTATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; PARITY; PATHOLOGIST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGEON; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MASTECTOMY; MASTITIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 23744441303     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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