Case history / examination
A 38-year-old woman was presented with a 3-week history of a painful
right retro-areolar mass unresponsive to a course of antibiotics. She
had no significant past medical history. She was not on any chronic
medication and had not used the oral contraceptive pill. She had no
history of breast trauma and a family history of breast cancer. Our case
had two pregnancies in 14 and 2 last years. Also, she has a history of
breastfed for her second child for 12 months in the previous year.
Clinically, a unilateral firm right retro-areolar breast mass was tender
to palpation. The overlying skin was thickened and slightly warm. There
was no associated nipple discharge or skin sinus.