Axillary lymph node tuberculosis masquerading as inflammatory breast carcinoma in an immune-compromised patient

While tuberculosis is still the leading opportunistic infection among human immunodeficiency virus–seropositive patients, extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is more common than pulmonary tuberculosis, with lymph nodes being a common site. Axillary lymph node pathology such as tuberculosis and lymphoma rarely mimics inflammatory breast carcinoma by producing lymphatic obstruction. We report a case of axillary lymph node tuberculosis in a 40-year-old immune-compromised woman, clinically presenting as inflammatory breast carcinoma.