PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mary Van Wert
AU  - Michael Ghio
AU  - Caroline Graham
AU  - Dana Smetherman
AU  - Ronda Sanders
AU  - Ralph Corsetti
TI  - Multicentric Breast Abscesses in a Patient Who Had COVID-19
AID  - 10.31486/toj.21.0095
DP  - 2021 Dec 21
TA  - Ochsner Journal
PG  - 402--405
VI  - 21
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/21/4/402.short
4100  - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/21/4/402.full
SO  - Ochsner J2021 Dec 21; 21
AB  - Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is recognized as a multisystem disease affecting the whole body, with new complications from the disease being described on an almost-daily basis.Case Report: We report the case of a 50-year-old female with a medical history of diabetes and silicone breast implants who developed right-sided, multicentric breast masses after a prolonged hospitalization for COVID-19 infection complicated by renal failure requiring dialysis. The patient noted an onset of breast pain and masses, and subsequent imaging demonstrated multiple similar oval masses. She underwent biopsy and operative debridement of the lesions and recovered appropriately. Results were consistent with sterile abscesses that were considered secondary to a vasculitis-like process associated with COVID-19 infection.Conclusion: To our knowledge, this case is the first account of breast pathology associated with a diagnosis of COVID-19 in the medical literature and encourages systematic evaluations of patients with coronavirus infections, including breast examinations.