TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BREAST

Citation
E. Goksoy et al., TUBERCULOSIS OF THE BREAST, The European journal of surgery, 161(7), 1995, pp. 471-473
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
11024151
Volume
161
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
471 - 473
Database
ISI
SICI code
1102-4151(1995)161:7<471:TOTB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Objective: To present our 20 years experience of tuberculosis of the b reast. Design: Retrospective study. Setting: Teaching hospital, Turkey . Subjects: 9 women with tuberculous mastitis. Main outcome measure: C ure. Results: All cases underwent frozen section and excision. One req uired a simple mastectomy because of the extent of destruction; the re mainder underwent lumpectomy. All patients were given rifampicin, etha mbutol, and isoniazid, and the three who had tuberculosis of other org ans were also treated with streptomycin. Mean follow up was 87 months (range (6-178) and two patients were lost to follow up, at three and s ix years, respectively. Histological examination showed the presence o f tubercle and central caseation in 8 cases and granulomatous infiltra tion in one. Conclusion: Tuberculous mastitis is rare, and should be s uspected in any woman with persistent breast abscesses and sinuses, pa rticularly if she lives in an area from which tuberculosis has not bee n eradicated. Conservative surgery and antituberculous drugs are the t reatment of choice.