RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Multicentric Breast Abscesses in a Patient Who Had COVID-19
JF Ochsner Journal
JO Ochsner J
FD O. P. Jindal Global University
SP 402
OP 405
DO 10.31486/toj.21.0095
VO 21
IS 4
A1 Mary Van Wert
A1 Michael Ghio
A1 Caroline Graham
A1 Dana Smetherman
A1 Ronda Sanders
A1 Ralph Corsetti
YR 2021
UL http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/21/4/402.abstract
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.