J Pediatr Intensive Care 2012; 01(01): 043-044
DOI: 10.3233/PIC-2012-008
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart – New York

Neonatal breast abscess

Akshay K. Saxena
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Kushaljit S. Sodhi
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Mukesh K. Yadav
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Jai K. Mahajan
b   Department of Pediatric Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
,
Niranjan Khandelwal
a   Department of Radiodiagnosis, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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28. Juli 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Neonatal mastitis and abscess are an uncommon entity with an uncertain mechanism of onset. Ultrasonography can be useful in detecting early stage of abscess formation and hence in expedition of definitive treatment, as it was proved in our case, in which a diagnosis of neonatal breast abscess was made based on ultrasound examination of breast.