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Case Reports
. 2014 Mar 10:2014:bcr2013202169.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-202169.

Idiopathic bilateral male breast abscess

Rajan Kumar Sinha  1 , Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, Kumar Gaurav, Amar Kumar
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Case Reports

Idiopathic bilateral male breast abscess

Rajan Kumar Sinha et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

A 38-year-old man presented with bilateral breast swelling, along with pain and redness for 7 days. Bilateral axillary nodes were also palpable; which were multiple and discrete. A provisional diagnosis of bilateral breast abscess was made with suspicion of underlying malignancy. Incision and drainage through subareolar incision was performed and the adjoining tissue was excised and sent for histopathological examination.

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Figure 1
Picture depicting bilateral breast abscess.
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Figure 2
Healed breast abscess with circumareolar incision.
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