Leprosy-an unusual cause of a suspicious nodule on mammography.

ChristineFlis; Colan MHo-Yen; AlexanderPolson; UlaMahadeva; Stephen L Walker ORCID logo; (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: 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.



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