Trupiano J K, Sebek B A, Goldfarb J, Levy L R, Hall G S, Procop G W
Department of Anatomic Pathology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2001 Jul 1;33(1):131-4. doi: 10.1086/320885. Epub 2001 Jun 5.
We describe a patient with granulomatous mastitis due to Mycobacterium abscessus that presented as a mass lesion and was associated with a pierced nipple. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of mastitis due to M. abscessus and the first association of this organism with body piercing.