"nodular tuberculosis:"
"diffuse type or disseminated tuberculous mastitis:"
"sclerosing type:"
"Tuberculous mastitis is often considered a form of granulomatous mastitis secondary to Mycobacterium tuberculous infection of the breast. Some authors however reserve the term granulomatous mastitis to idiopathic granulomatous mastitis."
"Tuberculous involvement of the breast can occur in two forms. The primary form is an infection of the breast through abrasions or through the openings of ducts in the nipple. The secondary form is the result of reverse lymph flow in the axillary lymph nodes or it may be due to direct spread of the infection from intra-thoracic foci."
"Often there is an ill-defined breast mass, skin thickening, and a reduction in size of the affected breast. Nipple retraction and coarse stromal texture may be a frequent features 5. In the context of tuberculous breast abscess, mammographic demonstration of a dense tract connecting an ill-defined breast mass to a localised skin thickening and bulge (skin bulge and sinus tract sign) is considered a strongly suggestive feature 5. Approximately 40% may have axillary or intra-mammary adenopathy visible on mammography while ~20% may have macro-calcification and ~10% may have skin sinus. Large, dense, calcified axillary nodes may be demonstrated with appropriate auxiliary views and are also considered to be suggestive of the disease 8."
"nodular tuberculosis:"
"diffuse type or disseminated tuberculous mastitis:"
"diffuse type or disseminated tuberculous mastitis:"
"sclerosing type:"
"Sir Astley Cooper was the first to describe a case of breast tuberculosis in 1829 and called it “scrofulous swelling of the bosom”. Later, in 1952, McKeown and Wilkinson described two forms of breast tuberculosis, the primary in which breast infection is the only manifestation of the disease and the secondary one in which the patient had already tuberculosis diagnosed elsewhere 9."
"Sir Astley Cooper was the first to describe a case of breast tuberculosis in 1829 and called it “scrofulous swelling of the bosom”. Later, in 1952, McKeown and Wilkinson described two forms of breast tuberculosis, the primary in which breast infection is the only manifestation of the disease and the secondary one in which the patient had already tuberculosis diagnosed elsewhere 9."
"Sir Astley Cooper was the first to describe a case of breast tuberculosis in 1829 and called it “scrofulous swelling of the bosom”. Later, in 1952, McKeown and Wilkinson described two forms of breast tuberculosis, the primary in which breast infection is the only manifestation of the disease and the secondary one in which the patient had already tuberculosis diagnosed elsewhere 9."
Expected headings
"Breast ultrasound"
"Historical context"
"According to clinical, radiological and pathological appearance of the disease there can be three types of breast tuberculosis 9:"
"Sir Astley Cooper was the first to describe a case of breast tuberculosis in 1829 and called it “scrofulous swelling of the bosom”. Later, in 1952, McKeown and Wilkinson described two forms of breast tuberculosis, the primary in which breast infection is the only manifestation of the disease and the secondary one in which the patient had already tuberculosis diagnosed elsewhere 9."