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

Publication

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

Journal Paper/Review - May 2, 2017

Minervini Fabrizio, Greuter Ladina, Kestenholz Peter, Schneider Tino, Gutmann Christine, Dutly André Emanuel

Citation

Minervini F, Greuter L, Kestenholz P, Schneider T, Gutmann C, Dutly A. A chest wall mass after breast carcinoma surgery: a simple diagnosis?. Respirol Case Rep 2017; 5:e00240.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (English)

Journal

Respirol Case Rep 2017; 5

Publication Date

May 2, 2017

Issn Print

2051-3380

Pages

e00240

Brief description/objective

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.