Breast abscess following nipple piercing: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 282, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 623-626

  Kapsimalakou, Smaragda ^a   Grande Nagel, Isabell ^a   Simon, Martin ^a   Fischer, Dorothea ^a   Thill, Marc ^a   Stöckelhuber, Beate M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast abscess; Breast ultrasound; Nipple piercing

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY PIERCING; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST FIBROSIS; BREAST TENDERNESS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MASTITIS; NIPPLE PIERCING;

ABSCESS; BODY PIERCING; BREAST DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449269565     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1560-8     Document Type: Article

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