Mastitis to mastectomy: a rare, unresponsive postpartum eruption.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Marshall, Leslie; Cleaver, David; Cleaver, Lloyd; Cleaver, Jonathan
- Source
- International Journal of Dermatology. Apr2020, Vol. 59 Issue 4, pe92-e95. 4p. 4 Diagrams.
- Subject
- *MASTITIS
*MAGNETIC resonance mammography
*FOREIGN body reaction
*MASTECTOMY
*MULTINUCLEATED giant cells
- Language
- ISSN
- 0011-9059
A previously healthy 32-year-old G3P3 lactating Caucasian female presented with a 3-month history of painful, recurrent draining abscesses in the breasts after the birth of her third child 4 months prior. Breast magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated multiple loculated fluid collections with rim enhancement suggestive of abscesses with asymmetric contraction and edema of the right breast (Fig.). GLO:DIF/01apr20:ijd14640-fig-0003.jpg PHOTO (COLOR): Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated multiple loculated fluid collections with rim enhancement suggestive of abscesses with asymmetric contraction and edema of the right breast gl Pattern D presents as a hard breast mass communicating to the outside through ulceration, fistulae, and/or sinuses that may mimic an ulcerating breast carcinoma or tuberculous mastitis. [Extracted from the article]