Tuberculosis of the breast in a patient undergoing hemodialysis

Yazici O., Mescigil P., Kepenekci I., Celepli P., ŞENGÜL Ş., AZAP A., ...More

INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY, vol.43, no.1, pp.241-244, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s11255-010-9731-x
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.241-244
  • Keywords: Biopsy, End-stage kidney disease, Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, DIALYSIS-ASSOCIATED TUBERCULOSIS, STAGE RENAL-DISEASE, MAINTENANCE DIALYSIS
  • Gazi University Affiliated: No

Abstract

A 61-year-old female patient with diabetes undergoing maintenance hemodialysis presented with fever and swelling of her right breast. She had been unresponsive to nonspecific antimicrobial therapies. Breast tuberculosis and tuberculous lymphadenitis were diagnosed by excision biopsy and tissue culture. A combination antituberculous treatment including isoniazid, rifampin, ethambutol, and pyrazinamide was started and resulted in the remission of the lesions by the end of the first month of therapy.