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Tuberculosis and metastatic carcinoma coexistence in axillary lymph node: A case report
Manoj Pandey1, Elizabeth K Abraham, Chandramohan K
1Department of Surgical Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. manojpandey@rcctvm.org
World Journal of Surgical Oncology
|May 30, 2003
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Coexistence of cancer and tuberculosis in axillary lymph nodes is rare. Only seven cases have been reported in the literature. CASE REPORT: We report here a case of infiltrating ductal carcinoma breast metastasizing to the axillary lymph node along with tubercular granuloma in the same lymph node without primary mammary or pulmonary tuberculosis. CONCLUSION: Primary tuberculosis coexisting with carcinoma is of rare occurrence. A possibility should always be borne in mind especially in patients from endemic areas.