Leprosy-an unusual cause of a suspicious nodule on mammography.
Flis, Christine;
Ho-Yen, Colan M;
Polson, Alexander;
Mahadeva, Ula;
Walker, Stephen L;
(2021)
Leprosy-an unusual cause of a suspicious nodule on mammography.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases, 111.
pp. 360-362.
ISSN 1201-9712
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2021.08.068
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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.
