Ueshima Manami, Matsuda Satoshi, Iwama Mayumi
Department of Pediatrics, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, JPN.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, JPN.
Cureus. 2023 Jun 26;15(6):e41011. doi: 10.7759/cureus.41011. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Mastitis and breast abscesses are most common in lactating women but can also be observed in non-lactating women, adolescent girls, and neonates. However, breast abscesses are extremely rare in young boys. Herein, we report the case of a three-year-old boy with a swollen and painful right nipple, later diagnosed with a breast abscess. In this case, we suspected that the patient's inverted nipple was the possible site of the infection. To our best knowledge, this is the first case report of breast abscess in a young boy after the neonatal period. Although is the most common pathogen, our patient showed three rare bacteria, namely, , , and , in the culture of the aspirated pus. Furthermore, this case study is the first report of a breast abscess caused by .
乳腺炎和乳腺脓肿在哺乳期女性中最为常见，但在非哺乳期女性、青春期女孩和新生儿中也可观察到。然而，乳腺脓肿在小男孩中极为罕见。在此，我们报告一例三岁男孩，其右侧乳头肿胀疼痛，后来被诊断为乳腺脓肿。在该病例中，我们怀疑患者的乳头内陷是感染的可能部位。据我们所知，这是新生儿期后小男孩乳腺脓肿的首例病例报告。虽然 是最常见的病原体，但我们的患者在吸出脓液的培养物中显示出三种罕见细菌，即 、 和 。此外，本病例研究是由 引起的乳腺脓肿的首例报告。
