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

Synonyms and keywords: Mammary abscess

Overview

Historic Perspective

Classification

Breast Abscess may be classified according to anatomical location and lactation state of the patient into subtypes.[1]

  • Anatomical location: subcutaneous, subareolar, interlobular, central and retromammary
  • Lactation state: Lactational and Non-Lactational.

Pathophysiology

Following untreated Mastitis, breast abscess could occur. Breast abscess is usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacterial infection to an injured breast skin. The bacteria produces killing substances that necrotize the tissue. In a reaction to these bacterial substances, assembled white blood cells in this tissue produces anti-bacterial bodies that help in killing the bacteria. However, these cells cause damage to the tissue too contribuing in the abscess formation. As the breast abscess is the complicated form of mastitis, the pathophysiology is mostly like the mastitis pathophysiology.[2]

Pathogenesis

Breast abscess is the result of underlying inflammation (Mastitis) in the breast skin. Injury may happen either during the lactation process from the infant or in the non-lactaion state of the patient as a cracking in the breast skin. This injury accelerates the entry of the causative bacteria which by its role form the abscess. [3]

  • Lactational:
    • Injured breast skin allows the entrance of the bacteria to the mammillary ducts. This bacteria can be from the infant or the mother herself. Overproduction of the breast milk with no flow to the infant forms a good field for the bacteria to cause infection.[4]
    • Breast Duct Ectasia: metaplastic change of the duct cells can cause duct ectasia. This change causes widening of the ducts lining which leads to thickening of the ducts and obstruction. The ducts become filled with fluid which leads to nipple discharge and infection by the entrance of the bacteria and can form pus and abscess as a final result. [5]
  • Non-Lactional:
    • Non lactational breast abscess is less common than lactational form. It can be subgrouped into central, peripheral and skin associating.
    • Cracking in the skin will overtly help the bacteria to enter and form the abscess.

Gross Pathology

Microscopic Pathology

Causes

Breast abscess is a bacterial infectious disease that is caused by many bacterial pathogens. It is almost caused by the same pathogens causing mastitis. To understand the common species causing breast abscess we can classify them into gram +ve and gram -ve bacteria. [6][7][8]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bacterial pathogens causing breast abscess
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gram +ve
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gram -ve
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Staphylococcus Aureus (Most common cause of the lactational abscess)
•MRSA
•Coagulase -ve Staphylococcus Aureus
 
Streptococcus pyogens
 
Lactobacillus
 
Clostridium
 
 
 
 
 
Veillonella
 
Bacteroids
 
Escherishia Coli
 
Enterobacteria
 

Epidemiology and Demographics

Breast abscess is a rare disease that may occur due to improper treatment of the mastitis.

Incidence

  • The incidence of breast abscess is 3,000-11,000 per 100,000 of patients with mastitis.
  • The incidence of breast abscess is only 100-3,000 per 100,000 of the puerperal patients. [9][10]

Age

  • Patients of all age groups may develop breast abscess.
  • Breast abscess is more common observed in the infants and the young more than the elder.
  • It is common in neonates with mastitis as approximately 50 percent of the neonatal patients with mastitis can develop breast abscess.[7]

Gender

Breast abscess occurs commonly in women. It is very rare to be developed in men.

Race

There is no racial predilection for breast abscess.

Risk Factors

More common risk factors

  • The most important risk factor of breast abscess is trauma.Trauma increases the possibility of the abscess formation as it facilitates the entrance of the causative bacteria into the soft tissue. Trauma can take place by different ways like shaving subareolar hair, piercing of nipple, infant's mouth during breastfeeding and picking acne lesions.
  • Duct ectasia of the breast.
  • Local skin infection

Less common risk factors

  • Obesity
  • Insect bites

References

  1. Dixon JM (1994). "ABC of breast diseases. Breast infection". BMJ. 309 (6959): 946–9. PMC 2541130. PMID 7755694.
  2. Kobayashi SD, Malachowa N, DeLeo FR (2015). "Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus abscesses". Am J Pathol. 185 (6): 1518–27. doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.11.030. PMC 4450319. PMID 25749135.
  3. Kataria K, Srivastava A, Dhar A (2013). "Management of lactational mastitis and breast abscesses: review of current knowledge and practice". Indian J Surg. 75 (6): 430–5. doi:10.1007/s12262-012-0776-1. PMC 3900741. PMID 24465097.
  4. Marchant DJ (2002). "Inflammation of the breast". Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 29 (1): 89–102. PMID 11892876.
  5. Bundred NJ, Dixon JM, Lumsden AB, Radford D, Hood J, Miles RS; et al. (1985). "Are the lesions of duct ectasia sterile?". Br J Surg. 72 (10): 844–5. PMID 4041720.
  6. Dabbas N, Chand M, Pallett A, Royle GT, Sainsbury R (2010). "Have the organisms that cause breast abscess changed with time?--Implications for appropriate antibiotic usage in primary and secondary care". Breast J. 16 (4): 412–5. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00923.x. PMID 20443790.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Kaneda HJ, Mack J, Kasales CJ, Schetter S (2013). "Pediatric and adolescent breast masses: a review of pathophysiology, imaging, diagnosis, and treatment". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 200 (2): W204–12. doi:10.2214/AJR.12.9560. PMID 23345385.
  8. Surani S, Chandna H, Weinstein RA (1993). "Breast abscess: coagulase-negative staphylococcus as a sole pathogen". Clin Infect Dis. 17 (4): 701–4. PMID 8268353.
  9. Amir LH, Forster D, McLachlan H, Lumley J (2004). "Incidence of breast abscess in lactating women: report from an Australian cohort". BJOG. 111 (12): 1378–81. PMID 15663122.
  10. Whitaker-Worth DL, Carlone V, Susser WS, Phelan N, Grant-Kels JM (2000). "Dermatologic diseases of the breast and nipple". J Am Acad Dermatol. 43 (5 Pt 1): 733–51, quiz 752-4. doi:10.1067/mjd.2000.109303. PMID 11050577.