Breast cancer with associated granulomatous axillary lymphadenitis: A diagnostic and clinical dilemma in regions with high prevalence of tuberculosis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 699-704

  Khurram, Minhas ^a   Tariq, Moatter ^a   Shahid, Pervez ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Granuloma; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34548618661     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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