tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post4387570785157948145..comments2023-08-15T09:39:41.235-05:00Comments on Sutured for a Living: Primary Breast Abscess Risk Factorsrlbateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-16465760405679463342010-09-05T09:06:19.164-05:002010-09-05T09:06:19.164-05:00#1Dino: do you attempt conservative treatment of ...#1Dino: do you attempt conservative treatment of breast abscesses? I've become a convert to ultrasound guided aspiration +- insertion of percutaneous drain by IR.<br /><br />I admitted a 13yo with a breast abscess recently. She had been punched by her friend and it was actually an infected haematoma.DHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251680600047999918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7675087351939177300.post-85542751807010306672010-08-19T09:27:11.926-05:002010-08-19T09:27:11.926-05:00I saw a patient with what I thought was a breast a...I saw a patient with what I thought was a breast abscess: a new painful breast lump with a normal mammogram 9 months earlier. It didn't respond to antibiotics, so I sent her for surgical drainage. The surgeon took her to the OR for what he thought was going to be a percutaneous procedure, but something didn't look right. When he went in, he found an inflammatory cancer. She died about 2 years later. Gave me a whole new respect for the "breast abscess".#1 Dinosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357845504444464397noreply@blogger.com