• Emergency radiology · Mar 2008

    Treatment of breast abscesses with ultrasound-guided aspiration and irrigation in the emergency setting.

    • Bulent Ozseker, Umit A Ozcan, Kemal Rasa, and Olcay M Cizmeli.
    • Department of Radiology, Acibadem Hospital, Inonu cd. Okur sk., Kozyatagi, 34742, Istanbul, Turkey.
    • Emerg Radiol. 2008 Mar 1; 15 (2): 105-8.

    AbstractThe purpose of our study was to describe the efficacy of ultrasound (US)-guided aspiration and intracavitary irrigation of breast abscesses in the emergency setting. Ten cases of mastitis clinically suspected of having a breast abscess were referred from the emergency department for breast ultrasound. Eleven abscesses depicted at US were treated with US-guided aspiration and intracavitary irrigation. All patients were given antibiotics, and the success of US-guided treatment was determined. Three abscesses that were smaller than 3 cm were treated with single aspiration and irrigation. Ninety-one percent of patients were cured with US-guided aspiration and irrigation requiring no further surgical intervention. One case of chronic mastitis fistulized to the skin and was drained surgically. No recurrences were observed in the follow-up period. US-guided percutaneous aspiration and irrigation is a successful method for treatment of breast abscesses in the emergency setting. This method is more successful in abscesses with a maximum dimension smaller than 3 cm and should be preferred to the surgical drainage.

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