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Case Reports
. 2017:2017:1639847.
doi: 10.1155/2017/1639847. Epub 2017 Aug 27.

Breast Abscessed Cancer in Nonlactating Women in Tropical Environment: Radiological, Bacteriological, and Anatomopathological Features about 3 Cases

Mazamaesso Tchaou  1 , Tchin Darre  2 , Ayi Kossi Amavi  3 , Kokou Kouliwa Kanassoua  3 , Bidamin N'Timon  1 , Lantam Sonhaye  1 , Lama-Kegdigoma Agoda-Koussema  1 , Komlavi Adjenou  1
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Breast Abscessed Cancer in Nonlactating Women in Tropical Environment: Radiological, Bacteriological, and Anatomopathological Features about 3 Cases

Mazamaesso Tchaou et al. Case Rep Radiol. 2017.

Abstract

The association of breast cancer and abscess is rare in daily practice. The authors report a short series of 3 cases of cancer of the breast in nonlactating women presented as breast abscess, reviewing aspects in radiology (ultrasound and mammography), correlating them with the histopathology findings and the bacteriological profile of the isolated germs.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Histologic image of infiltrative carcinoma with subacute mastitis. G ×100, HE (Collection of the Department of Pathology, University Teaching Hospital of Lomé).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Mammogram images (a and b) showing a mass with irregular posterior limits, which on ultrasound image (c) is a hypoechoic mass with irregular and indistinct margins at the 2 o'clock position of the left breast measuring approximately 4.2 cm in maximal diameter (Collection of the Department of Radiology, University Teaching Hospital of Lomé).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Mammogram images (a and b) presenting a mass with polylobed contours, associated with a small cluster of microcalcifications at 11 o'clock position of the right breast, with a thickening of the retroareolar skin facing the masse, which was confirmed as a hypoechoic mass with irregular and indistinct margins measuring approximately 4.6 cm in maximal diameter on ultrasound exam (c) (Collection of the Department of Radiology, University Teaching Hospital of Lomé).
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