Recurrent bilateral breast abscess due to nontuberculous mycobacterial infection

J Breast Cancer. 2014 Sep;17(3):295-8. doi: 10.4048/jbc.2014.17.3.295. Epub 2014 Sep 30.

Abstract

Since recurrent bilateral breast infection due to nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM) is rare, its diagnosis is easily overlooked; in addition, complete recovery is often difficult to achieve. We report a case of recurrent bilateral infection in a 35-year-old woman who had completed treatment for NTM. Although various infectious diseases show similar clinical conditions and imaging findings, recurrences should raise suspicion of NTM infection, and this possibility should be considered in differential diagnoses.

Keywords: Abscess; Breast; Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections.

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