RESUMO

This report describes a well-documented case of primary, nodular-form tuberculosis of the breast that mimicked cancer in a 73-year-old patient. This is a disease that rarely affects the breast.

Assuntos

Neoplasias da Mama/diagnóstico , Carcinoma/diagnóstico , Mastite/diagnóstico , Tuberculose/diagnóstico , Idoso , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Feminino , Humanos , Mastite/microbiologia , Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Tuberculose/microbiologia