Tuberculosis of the chest wall: Unusual presentation as a breast lump

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Teo, Tze Hern Patrick ^a   Ho, G H ^a   Chaturverdi, A ^b   Khoo, B K J ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CANCER INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Breast mass; Chest wall tuberculosis abscess; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Retromammary lesion; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; THORAX WALL; THORAX WALL TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; BREAST DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

ADULT; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; THORACIC WALL; TUBERCULOSIS, PLEURAL;

EID: 65949096658     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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