Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscess Due to Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection / 한국유방암학회지
Journal of Breast Cancer
;
: 295-298, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-225641
ABSTRACT
Since recurrent bilateral breast infection due to nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is rare, its diagnosis is easily overlooked; in addition, complete recovery is often difficult to achieve. We report a case of recurrent bilateral infection in a 35-year-old woman who had completed treatment for NTM. Although various infectious diseases show similar clinical conditions and imaging findings, recurrences should raise suspicion of NTM infection, and this possibility should be considered in differential diagnoses.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Recurrence
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Breast
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Communicable Diseases
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Diagnosis
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Abscess
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Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Breast Cancer
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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