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. 1997 Jul;73(861):428–429. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.861.428

Male breast tuberculosis.

C Jaideep 1, M Kumar 1, A K Khanna 1
PMCID: PMC2431416  PMID: 9338032

Abstract

Tuberculosis of the breast is rare and tuberculosis of the male breast is not a recognised entity. We describe a man with tuberculosis of the breast which was clinically thought to be a malignancy.

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