Primary breast tuberculosis masquerading as carcinoma

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Madhusudhan, K S ^a   Gamanagatti, Shivanand ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breast abscess; Breast cancer; Breast tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Tuberculous mastitis

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BREAST; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 39049126010     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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