Breast tuberculosis

ABSTRACT

Tuberculosis of the breast is comparatively rare even in countries where pulmonary tuberculosis is considered prevalent. It is associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis or secondary to tuberculous mediastinal lymphadenitis. The diagnosis rests on bacteriological and histopathological examination. This report describes three cases of breast tuberculosis with a review of the available literature, and it presents the first case in which a breast tuberculosis developed in a male