Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report
Primary chest wall abscess occurring after blunt chest trauma is rare. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman who presented with a swelling in her left breast. The patient had experienced blunt chest trauma 2 months back. Needle aspiration revealed pus formation in the patient’s chest. Computed...
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| author | Yusuke Yamaoka Jun Yamamura Norikazu Masuda Hiroyuki Yasojima Makiko Mizutani Shoji Nakamori Toru Kanazawa Keiko Kuriyama Masayuki Mano Mitsugu Sekimoto |
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| description | Primary chest wall abscess occurring after blunt chest trauma is rare. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman who presented with a swelling in her left breast. The patient had experienced blunt chest trauma 2 months back. Needle aspiration revealed pus formation in the patient’s chest. Computed tomography revealed a mass in the lower region of the left mammary gland, with thickening of the parietal pleura and skin and fracture of the fifth rib under the abscess. Following antibiotic administration and irrigation of the affected region, surgical debridement was performed. During surgery, we found that the pectoralis major muscle at the level of the fifth rib was markedly damaged, although the necrotic tissue did not contact the mammary gland. We diagnosed the lesion as a chest wall abscess that occurred in response to blunt chest trauma. Her postoperative course was uneventful. There has been no recurrence for six months after surgery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-13748c9b53ac4e7ba0b1897fe13aae2c2025-08-20T03:55:44ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352014-01-01201410.1155/2014/620876620876Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case ReportYusuke Yamaoka0Jun Yamamura1Norikazu Masuda2Hiroyuki Yasojima3Makiko Mizutani4Shoji Nakamori5Toru Kanazawa6Keiko Kuriyama7Masayuki Mano8Mitsugu Sekimoto9Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, JapanDepartment of Surgery, Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Sakai City Hospital, 1-1-1 Minamiyasuicho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka 590-0064, JapanDepartments of Surgery and Breast Oncology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-15, Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, JapanDepartments of Surgery and Breast Oncology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-15, Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, JapanDepartments of Surgery and Breast Oncology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-15, Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka 565-0871, JapanDepartment of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, JapanDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, JapanDepartment of Radiology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, JapanDepartment of Central Laboratory and Surgical Pathology, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, JapanDepartment of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Hoenzaka, Chuo-ku, Osaka 540-0006, JapanPrimary chest wall abscess occurring after blunt chest trauma is rare. We present the case of a 50-year-old woman who presented with a swelling in her left breast. The patient had experienced blunt chest trauma 2 months back. Needle aspiration revealed pus formation in the patient’s chest. Computed tomography revealed a mass in the lower region of the left mammary gland, with thickening of the parietal pleura and skin and fracture of the fifth rib under the abscess. Following antibiotic administration and irrigation of the affected region, surgical debridement was performed. During surgery, we found that the pectoralis major muscle at the level of the fifth rib was markedly damaged, although the necrotic tissue did not contact the mammary gland. We diagnosed the lesion as a chest wall abscess that occurred in response to blunt chest trauma. Her postoperative course was uneventful. There has been no recurrence for six months after surgery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/620876 |
| spellingShingle | Yusuke Yamaoka Jun Yamamura Norikazu Masuda Hiroyuki Yasojima Makiko Mizutani Shoji Nakamori Toru Kanazawa Keiko Kuriyama Masayuki Mano Mitsugu Sekimoto Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report |
| title_full | Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report |
| title_short | Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report |
| title_sort | primary chest wall abscess mimicking a breast tumor that occurred after blunt chest trauma a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/620876 |
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