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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

Ultrasonography is an important imaging approach in diagnosing and surgical treatment of breast abscess.

Ultrasonography is mainly used to differentiate between the different diseases causing breast lumps. It is also used in abscess needle aspiration guiding.^[1]
Breast abscess on chest ultrasonography appears like medium sized collections with not well defined margins and may have some areas with increased density.^[2]
There is no vascularity in the US image.

↑ Muttarak M, Chaiwun B (2004). "Imaging of giant breast masses with pathological correlation". Singapore Med J. 45 (3): 132–9. PMID 15029418.
↑ Fahrni M, Schwarz EI, Stadlmann S, Singer G, Hauser N, Kubik-Huch RA (2012). "Breast Abscesses: Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcome". Breast Care (Basel). 7 (1): 32–38. doi:10.1159/000336547. PMC 3335354. PMID 22553470.