. The breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment . is in the Advilt Male Breast.—Acute inflammation of themale breast is an exceedingly rare condition and is attributable, in the majority ofinstances, to traumatic injury, though it may arise as a complication of one of the in-fectious diseases. The inflammation, in either instance, seldom proceeds to abscessformation. The two cases outlined below are interesting, not only because pyogenicabscesses are rare in the male breast, but also because in one of them the disease arosewithout any apparent cause, and in the other the colon b
. The breast: its anomalies, its diseases, and their treatment . is in the Advilt Male Breast.—Acute inflammation of themale breast is an exceedingly rare condition and is attributable, in the majority ofinstances, to traumatic injury, though it may arise as a complication of one of the in-fectious diseases. The inflammation, in either instance, seldom proceeds to abscessformation. The two cases outlined below are interesting, not only because pyogenicabscesses are rare in the male breast, but also because in one of them the disease arosewithout any apparent cause, and in the other the colon bacillus was obtained in pureculture from the abscess. The latter case is that of J. H. S. aet. 25, who had been underthe care of one of the authors (H.) for the treatment of prostatitis and epididymitis ofgonorrheal origin. These conditions had practically disappeared when the trouble inthe breast began, with a slight drawing sensation in the region of the left nipple. day he felt a lump under the left nipple and noticed that the breast was reddened. Fig. 107.—Suppurative mastitis of the male breast. and tender. The lump gradually increased in size and four days from the time of itsfirst appearance, the patient noticed stiffness of the left side of his neck. He then pre-sented himself for treatment. He had not had any chills or other general symptoms,and his temperature was found to be normal. Examination showed a reddenedswelling to the upper outer side of the left areola where a painful nodule couldbe palpated though fluctuation could not be demonstrated and the axillary lymphnodes were not involved. Examination of the neck showed nothing diagnosis of mastitis was made and the breast treated with salves and the course of four days, fluctuation could be determined, an abscess was opened,and about one ounce of pus removed. The pus contained the colon bacillus in pureculture. The patient recovered promptly and remained well for a period of
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