Tauro Leo Francis, Martis John S, George Celine, Kamath Aroon, Lobo Geover, Hegde B Rathnakar
Department of General Surgery Fr. Muller Medical College Hospital Kankanady, Mangalore - 575002 (D.K.), Karnataka, India.
Oman Med J. 2011 Jan;26(1):53-5. doi: 10.5001/omj.2011.14.
Tuberculous mastitis is a rare clinical entity and usually affects women from the Indian sub-continent and Africa. It often mimics breast carcinoma and pyogenic breast abscess clinically and radiologically, may both co-exist. Routine laboratory investigations are not helpful in its diagnosis. Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) / biopsy are essential for diagnosis and tuberculosis culture when positive may be very useful to guide antimicrobial therapy. Antitubercular drugs in combination with aspiration or surgical drainage are usually associated with an excellent outcome.
结核性乳腺炎是一种罕见的临床病症，通常影响来自印度次大陆和非洲的女性。它在临床和放射学上常类似乳腺癌和化脓性乳腺脓肿，二者可能同时存在。常规实验室检查对其诊断并无帮助。细针穿刺细胞学检查（FNAC）/活检对诊断至关重要，结核培养阳性时对指导抗菌治疗可能非常有用。抗结核药物联合穿刺抽吸或手术引流通常会带来良好的治疗效果。
