Tropical Medicine & Surgery

Department of Tropical Medicine and Surgery, Virendra Laser and Phaco Surgery Center Private Limited, Rajasthan, India

Publications

• Case Report   
  Pulmonary Koch?s Defaulter Presenting as Breast Lump: A Diagnostic Dilemma
  Author(s): Amit Mishra*, Ravi Kale and Adarsh Kumar Chauhan
  
  Introduction: Tuberculosis is wisely said to be a great mimicker. Because of ability to have myriad presentations it is often said to be often present as one of the differentials in most of enigmatic cases with dubious or non-conspicuous diagnoses. Pulmonary Koch’s defaulter presenting as granulomatous mastitis secondary to pulmonary tubercular abscess is an uncommon presentation that posed as a diagnostic dilemma in the index case. Case presentation: 50 year rural women presented in outdoor with complaints of slightly painful right sided breast lump for more than six months. There was no history of trauma, Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Hypertension (HTN), any previous lump, any previous surgeries, any history of malignancies or breast lumps in family. Patient had been treated for persistent cough at her native village. Patient has had histo.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2329-9088.23.11.283

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