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.
Griffiths
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Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill 60153.
Cooper
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Demos
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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