A chest wall mass after breast carcinoma surgery: a simple diagnosis?

Tuberculosis affects pulmonary and extra‐pulmonary sites with a multitude of differing presentations. The involvement of thoracic wall is a rare entity. We report the case of a patient who had a tumefaction on the right chest wall 6 months after a right breast mastectomy. After an initial radiologic...

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Published in:Respirology case reports 2017-07, Vol.5 (4), p.e00240-n/a
Main Authors: Minervini, Fabrizio, Greuter, Ladina, Kestenholz, Peter, Schneider, Tino, Gutmann, Christine, Dutly, André Emanuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Case Report
Case Reports
Chest wall mass
Mammography
metastasis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Summary:Tuberculosis affects pulmonary and extra‐pulmonary sites with a multitude of differing presentations. The involvement of thoracic wall is a rare entity. We report the case of a patient who had a tumefaction on the right chest wall 6 months after a right breast mastectomy. After an initial radiological suspicion of malignancy, we detected intraoperatively an abscess in which histologic examination revealed granulomas with multinucleated giant cells. Chest wall tuberculosis is a very rare condition with few cases reported in the literature. The aim of this article is to report a patient operated for chest wall tumefaction and to review the literature.
ISSN:2051-3380
2051-3380
DOI:10.1002/rcr2.240