A malignancy Mimicker in an unusual location: Pseudotumoral malakoplakia of the breast

Nada Mansouri; rahma yaiche; faten gargouri; fethi felhi; karima tlili; Abir Karoui; mohamed basli; Issam Msakni; Besma Laabidi; hssine Abouda

doi:10.22541/au.165812050.03424797/v1

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A malignancy Mimicker in an unusual location: Pseudotumoral malakoplakia of the breast

Nada Mansouri,
rahma yaiche,
faten gargouri,
fethi felhi,
karima tlili,
Abir Karoui,
mohamed basli,
Issam Msakni,
Besma Laabidi,
hssine Abouda

Abstract

Malakoplakia is an uncommon granulomatous disease that occurs in immunocompromised individuals. It's thought to be caused by macrophagic bactericidial defect. We report a rare case of breast malakoplakia in a pregnant 35 ears-old woman that mimicked malignancy.