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      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Perspectives in Medical Research</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2348-229X</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">2348-1447</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">15</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47799/pimr.1102.15</article-id>
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          <subject>Case Report</subject>
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        <article-title id="article-title-229a3acffa414efdb06bfa25368c443d">A rare case of breast tuberculosis: case report</article-title>
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          <name id="name-71b52e120e094b25b37e3ad7fdf99e96">
            <surname>Pittala</surname>
            <given-names>Pravinya</given-names>
          </name>
          <email>pravinyachikki203@gmail.com</email>
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          <name id="name-0c6c99818bc343d480d3466ab8325137">
            <surname>Rao</surname>
            <given-names>Ravinder</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref id="x-1cdbff191c4c" rid="a-749eafd28b14" ref-type="aff">2</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="name-179bbcc403ea481e8d31b2427e575ed7">
            <surname>Gadda</surname>
            <given-names>Anandam</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref id="x-1d6b77af8bf6" rid="a-6ffa59bf7d5d" ref-type="aff">3</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name id="name-0f6184b872b246eb9f32e85ec2b426ff">
            <surname>Madire</surname>
            <given-names>Ramulu</given-names>
          </name>
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        <aff id="aff-9f7c6b622c8a423aa410f031ff1bb36b">
          <institution>Junior Resident, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</institution>
          <addr-line>Nagunoor, Karimnagar, Telangana</addr-line>
        </aff>
        <aff id="a-749eafd28b14">
          <institution>Professor, Department of Surgery, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</institution>
          <addr-line>Nagunur, Karimnagar, Telangana</addr-line>
        </aff>
        <aff id="a-6ffa59bf7d5d">
          <institution>Professor, Head of the department, Department of Pathology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</institution>
          <addr-line>Nagunur, Karimnagar, Telangana</addr-line>
        </aff>
        <aff id="a-75ce680b52c2">
          <institution>Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences</institution>
          <addr-line>Nagunur, Karimnagar, Telangana</addr-line>
        </aff>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>8</month>
        <year>2023</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>11</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>74</fpage>
      <lpage>76</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>24</day>
          <month>1</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>20</day>
          <month>7</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd">
          <day>10</day>
          <month>2</month>
          <year>2023</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Perspectives in Medical Research is committed to keeping research articles Open Access. Journal permits any users to read, download, copy, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers subject to proper attribution and ownership of the rights.</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2023</copyright-year>
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      <abstract id="abstract-abstract-title-9c2d255f29634e5bb0af55371ae5df15">
        <title id="abstract-title-9c2d255f29634e5bb0af55371ae5df15">
          <bold id="s-e864b45cc5e5">Abstract</bold>
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        <p id="paragraph-f8ed9fd58f08490d800f0bcd64b3ae08">Breast tuberculosis is a rare form of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis. It accounts for less than 0.1% of breast conditions in developed countries but reaches about 3-4% in developing high TB endemic regions. It usually occurs in multiparous and lactating women. The clinical, radiological and pathological presentation may often mimic breast abscess, idiopathic granulomatous mastitis or carcinoma. The most common presentation is that of a lump. Constitutional symptoms are not usually present. The most common site is the right upper outer quadrant of the breast. It also occurs in association with Immunosuppression disorders such as HIV. Here we present a case of a young, multiparous non- lactating woman with tubercular mastitis, confirmed by FNAC of the mass. The Tuberculin skin test was positive and the patient improved with anti-tubercular treatment.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Tuberculosis</kwd>
        <kwd>TB Breast</kwd>
        <kwd>Case Report</kwd>
        <kwd>Breast Tuberculosis</kwd>
        <kwd>Tuberculosis mastitis</kwd>
      </kwd-group>
      <funding-group>
        <funding-statement>None</funding-statement>
      </funding-group>
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