Subareolar breast abscesses: Characteristics and results of surgical treatment

Breast Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-182

  Versluijs Ossewaarde, F N Lesanka ^a   Roumen, Rudi M H ^a   Goris, R J A ^b  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abscess; Breast; Recurrence; Subareolar; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST DUCT; BREAST SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SMOKING;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NIPPLES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18644376465     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2005.21524.x     Document Type: Article

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