Breast abscess as a late complication of plombage.
The authors describe a patient who had undergone plombage as a treatment for tuberculosis approximately 40 years previously and who presented with a breast abscess secondary to migration of the plombage material. This complication of plombage, which has not previously been reported, was demonstrated by computed tomography.
Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill 60153.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D000368:Aged; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003096:Collapse Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed