Tubercular Mastitis Mimicking Malignancy

Breast tuberculosis is a rare form of tuberculosis. Reports on breast tuberculosis from India have been few; reported incidence of breast tuberculosis amongst the total number of mammary conditions varies between 0.64 and 3.59 per cent. Most accepted view for spread of infection is centripetal lymphatic spread as axillary node involvement was shown to occur in 50 to 75 per cent of cases of tubercular mastitis. We present a case of primary tuberculosis of breast which presented as a breast nodule seems to be malignant.