A routine mammogram identified changes thought to be due to a lymph node which was confirmed on biopsy. The lymph node was infiltrated with macrophages and showed fragmented acid-fast bacilli. The patient had been treated for leprosy some years before and was still taking thalidomide for erythema nodosum leprosum. Leprosy associated lymphadenopathy may be identified on routine breast screening.
BT - International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases C1 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34492393 DA - 09/2021 DO - 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.068 J2 - Int J Infect Dis LA - eng N2 -A routine mammogram identified changes thought to be due to a lymph node which was confirmed on biopsy. The lymph node was infiltrated with macrophages and showed fragmented acid-fast bacilli. The patient had been treated for leprosy some years before and was still taking thalidomide for erythema nodosum leprosum. Leprosy associated lymphadenopathy may be identified on routine breast screening.
PY - 2021 T2 - International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases TI - Leprosy - an unusual cause of a suspicious nodule on mammography. UR - https://www.ijidonline.com/action/showPdf?pii=S1201-9712%2821%2900700-1 SN - 1878-3511 ER -