Health Care : Current Reviews

Breast tuberculosis in northeast Iran: Review of 22 cases

Global Healthcare & Fitness Summit

July 20-22, 2015 San Francisco, USA

Fatemeh Mehravar1 and Behnaz Khodabakhshi2

1TehranUniversity of Medical Sciences, Iran 2Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Iran

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Abstract:

Background: Breast tuberculosis (breast TB) is an extremely rare disease, so case reviews are also rare. Methods: This study is a retrospective review of patients with breast TB who were treated between 2002 and 2012 at the Health Center of Gorgon City. Results: All 22 patients were females, their mean age was 32.4 years and all were new cases. Patients presented with swelling of the breast (22%), lump (55%) and excretion from the involved breast (27%) and breast pain (55%). The highest rate of breast TB occurred in 2011 (27%). All patients received the DOTS regimen for a mean duration of 7.3±0.7 months; in addition, segmental resection was performed on 11 patients (50%). Conclusions: The findings confirmed that breast TB in Iran should be considered as a differential diagnosis of breast masses. All patients in our study received the daily and �??Directly Observed Treatment Short-course�?? (DOTS) regimens. Anti-tubercular therapy for six months with or without minimal surgical intervention currently is the main treatment.

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