Primary breast lymphoma presenting as non-healing axillary abscess
| Autor: | Suanne Wong, Yih Chyn Phan, Anil Poddar, Chukwuemeka Anele |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Lymphoma B-Cell medicine.medical_treatment Folliculitis Breast Neoplasms Article Incision and drainage Medicine Humans Breast Axillary Abscess Abscess Empyema Pleural Aged Surgical team B-Lymphocytes Wound Healing business.industry General surgery Cellulitis General Medicine medicine.disease Empyema Surgery Debridement Axilla Drainage Female Flucloxacillin business medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | BMJ case reports. 2015 |
| ISSN: | 1757-790X |
| Popis: | A 67-year-old woman with non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus with a history consistent with a right axillary abscess, presented to her general practitioner (GP). A diagnosis of folliculitis was made and the GP started a course of flucloxacillin. Despite antibiotics, the patient's symptoms worsened and the abscess increased in size. This prompted her GP to perform an incision and drainage procedure of the abscess. The practice nurse subsequently oversaw the follow-up care of the wound. Two months after the incision and drainage, and after regular wound dressing, the patient was referred to the acute surgical team with a complicated, non-healing right axillary abscess cavity and associated generalised right breast cellulitis. There was no history of breast symptoms prior to the onset of the axillary abscess. The patient underwent wound debridement, washout and application of negative pressure vacuum therapy. Biopsies revealed primary breast lymphoma (B-cell). She underwent radical chemotherapy and is currently in remission. |
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