[Double location of breast and spine tuberculosis. A case report]

J Gynecol Obstet Biol Reprod (Paris). 2004 Apr;33(2):148-50. doi: 10.1016/s0368-2315(04)96415-0.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We describe the case of a 38-year-old woman with breast tuberculosis associated with a second localization in the lumber spine. These features simulated breast cancer with vertebral metastasis. Clinical and imaging findings are described herein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
  • Breast Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Breast Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Diseases / pathology
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lumbar Vertebrae*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Mammography
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Spinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Neoplasms / secondary
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis / pathology
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnosis*
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / diagnostic imaging
  • Tuberculosis, Spinal / pathology
  • Ultrasonography, Mammary

Substances

  • Antitubercular Agents