Body and earlobe piercing are common practices in the USA today. Minor complications
including infection and bleeding occur frequently and, although rare, major complications …

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provides comprehensive, up-to-date information on diseases of the breast from renowned …

Objective Body piercing is defined as the penetration of jewellery into openings made in
different body areas. In the last decades, it has become increasingly common in the general …

Although granulomatous lobular mastitis is associated with gram-positive bacilli such as
Corynebacterium, this association is not well known. We report 3 cases of mastitis caused by …

BACKGROUND: We investigated risk factors that predispose to the development of primary
breast abscesses and subsequent recurrence. STUDY DESIGN: This was a case control …

Numerous studies have found that piercing and tattooing the body is an increasingly
prevalent trend in modern popular culture; however, this is not only a modern practice …

We have retrospectively examined a wide range of clinical characteristics, sonographic
features, microbiology, and antibiotic regimens in patients with breast abscesses to seek …

Intimate body piercings involving the nipple and genitalia have increased in prevalence in
both men and women. Despite this increase, there is a deficiency in the literature regarding …

The purpose of this series was to review the spectrum of clinical and sonographic features
associated with infection after nipple piercing. Between 2002 and 2010, 6 patients …

Discussion Many nontuberculous mycobacterial organisms are omnipresent. The incidence
of M fortuitum infection has been estimated to be between 4 and 6 cases per 1 million …