Breast abscess in lactating women: US-guided treatment
| Autor: | Margareta K G Nyman, Dieter Ulitzsch, Richard A Carlson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Catheter insertion business.industry Retrospective cohort study bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease Abscess Surgery BREAST ABSCESS Breast Diseases Maximum diameter Medicine Humans Lactation Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Female Radiology Ultrasonography business Catheter placement Breast feeding Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Radiology. 232(3) |
| ISSN: | 0033-8419 |
| Popis: | To retrospectively evaluate the use of ultrasonography (US)-guided treatment of breast abscesses in lactating women.One hundred eight consecutive lactating women who were clinically suspected of having a breast abscess were examined with US. Abscesses depicted at US were treated with US guidance, and the success of US-guided treatment was retrospectively determined.Fifty-six abscesses were identified at US in 43 women; all abscesses were treated with US guidance: 23 with needle aspiration and 33 with catheter drainage. Treatment method was determined according to the size of the abscess. Abscesses that were smaller than 3 cm in maximum diameter were treated with needle aspiration, and abscesses that were 3 cm or larger in maximum diameter were treated with catheter insertion. One patient who was treated with needle aspiration subsequently underwent surgical intervention; all others were successfully treated with US intervention. Catheter placement was well tolerated (mean pain score 2.3 in 22 women by using a subjective pain scale of 0-10).US-guided needle aspiration of abscesses smaller than 3 cm and US-guided catheter drainage of abscesses 3 cm or larger are successful means of treating breast abscesses. |
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