Bilateral Breast Abscess in a Newborn Baby

Abstract

Background: In this study we wish to attract attention to mistaken interventions to the breast tissue of neonates and to increase awareness about this topic among personnel providing health services to neonates. Case presentation: A fourteen-day male infant was brought to the pediatric emergency clinic with swelling, redness, hardness and discharge complaints in the region of both breasts. Ultrasonography of the breast tissue of the patient identified appearance compatible with a dense-content abscess in the form of hyperechoic or hypoechoic avascular mass. Bilateral breast abscess responded to surgical and medical treatment. Conclusions: It is important to recognize physiological breast hypertrophy in newborns. In physiological hypertrophy, the breast bud is neither red nor soft and heals spontaneously. No intervention is required.