Table 2 Demographic and clinical data of the breast tuberculosis (TB) patients (n = 22)
From: Breast tuberculosis in Northeast Iran: review of 22 cases
Variables | N (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Marital status | Single | 1 (4.54) |
Married | 21 (95.4) | |
Occupation | Housekeeper | 17 (77.27) |
Employee | 2 (9.09) | |
Farmer | 2 (9.09) | |
Animal husbandry | 1 (4.54) | |
Educational status | Graduates | 6 (27.27) |
Diploma | 8 (36.36) | |
Under Graduates | 5 (22.72) | |
bachelor | 3 (13.63) | |
Ethnicity | Persian | 15 (68.18) |
Sistani | 3 (13.63) | |
Turk | 3 (13.63) | |
Turkmen | 1 (4.54) | |
Multiplicity of delivery | Zero | 1 (4.54) |
1 | 7 (31.81) | |
2 | 8 (36.36) | |
3 and more | 5 (22.72) | |
Breast-feeding history of Involved in breast | Had | 16 (72.72) |
No | 5 (22.72) | |
Location | Urban | 13 (59.09) |
Rural | 8 (36.36) | |
History of contact with tuberculosis | Had | 5 (22.72) |
No | 11 (50) | |
Suspicious | 6 (27.27) | |
Treatment | Anti-TB drugs | 11 (50) |
Surgery and anti-TB drugs | 11 (50) | |
Method of diagnosis | Excisional Biopsy | 18 (81.81) |
Culture positivity | 2 (9.09) | |
Involved part of the breast | Left | 16 (72.72) |
Right | 4 (18.18) | |
Bilateral | 2 (9.09) | |
Signs in the breast | Swelling | 5 (22.72) |
Mass | 13 (59.09) | |
Pain | 12 (54.54) | |
Excretion from the involved breast | 6 (27.27) |