Several milliliters of purulent fluid was aspirated. A histologic section of the biopsy is shown in Figure 2. Seven days later, culture of the breast grew Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. What is your diagnosis?doi:10.1093/cid/ciu844NoneClinical Infectious Diseases...
A 69-year-old woman was initially seen with a mass in the right breast of four days' duration.Clinical HistoryA 69-year-old woman was initially seen with constant abdominal pain in the epigastrium and right upper quadrant, with nausea and vomiting of three days' duration. On examination, ...
in the Right Breast Mass in the Right BreastMass in the Right BreastPresents a pathologic case study of glycogen-rich clear cell carcinoma of the breast seen in an aged woman with a mass in the right breast. Cli...
A breast mass is a lump or growth in your breast or underarm. A cyst (fluid-filled pocket), an injury, or changes in your breast tissue are the most common causes. A breast mass can also be caused by cancer. You must follow up as directed to find the cause of your breast mass....
Palpable breast mass in a lactating woman (1) What is the differential diagnosis of a solid mass in a pregnant or lactating woman? (2) What further work-up is needed to confirm the diagnosis in this case? (3) What is the most likely diagnosis of this patient's palpable breast mass?
As compared to men, premenopausal women were thinner, and affected more by the breast than the chest wall thickness, which might result in the sex differences. In addition, the Cornell based ECG-LVH, unlike the Sokolow-Lyon based ECG-LVH, used the limb lead aVL voltage as a part of the...
A 56-year-old man living in Toronto, Ontario, presented to his family physician after finding a lump in his right breast on self-inspection. He described a one-month history of pressure and tenderness at the site of the mass. No other lumps were detected, and there was no history of fe...
We tested the hypothesis that body mass index (BMI) aged 20 years modifies the association of adult weight gain and breast cancer risk. Methods We recruited women (aged 47–73 years) into the PROCAS (Predicting Risk Of Cancer At Screening; Manchester, UK: 2009–2013) Study. In 47,042 wo...
The patient first noticed a firm, nontender, moveable hard mass while conducting a routine breast self-examination in the shower. A 69-year-old woman presents to the clinic with complaints of a large right breast mass that has grown rapidly over the past 2 weeks. ...
In postmenopausal women, the risk of getting breast cancer increases by 20-40% when overweight according to a study by Munsell et al. published in 2014. Excess abdominal fat increases your risk by 43%. Infertility Experts in the field suggest that a BMI of between 20 and 24 is the perfect...