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CASE REPORT
Idiopathic bilateral male breast abscess
  1. Rajan Kumar Sinha1,
  2. Mithilesh Kumar Sinha2,
  3. Kumar Gaurav2,
  4. Amar Kumar2
  1. 1Department of Urology, CNMCH, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  2. 2Department of Surgery, RIMS, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
  1. Correspondence to Dr Rajan Kumar Sinha, rajan_rims{at}yahoo.co.in

Summary

A 38-year-old man presented with bilateral breast swelling, along with pain and redness for 7 days. Bilateral axillary nodes were also palpable; which were multiple and discrete. A provisional diagnosis of bilateral breast abscess was made with suspicion of underlying malignancy. Incision and drainage through subareolar incision was performed and the adjoining tissue was excised and sent for histopathological examination.

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