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Breast abscess epidemiology and demographics
Introduction
Overview
Overview
A breast abscess is a rare disease with an incidence of 3,000-11,000 cases only per 100,000 mastitis patients. There is no significant prevalence concerning the abscess.
Epidemiology and demographics
Epidemiology and demographics
Incidence
- The incidence of breast abscess is 3,000-11,000 per 100,000 of patients with mastitis.
- The incidence of breast abscess is only 100-3,000 per 100,000 of the puerperal patients. [1][2]
Age
- Patients of all age groups may develop breast abscess.
- Breast abscess is more common observed in the infants and the young more than the elder.
- It is common in neonates with mastitis as approximately 50 percent of the neonatal patients with mastitis can develop breast abscess.[3]
Gender
Breast abscess occurs commonly in women. It is very rare in men.
Race
Breast abscess is more prevalent in the african american race.[4]
References
References
- ↑ Amir LH, Forster D, McLachlan H, Lumley J (2004). “Incidence of breast abscess in lactating women: report from an Australian cohort”. BJOG. 111 (12): 1378–81. PMID 15663122.
- ↑ Whitaker-Worth DL, Carlone V, Susser WS, Phelan N, Grant-Kels JM (2000). “Dermatologic diseases of the breast and nipple”. J Am Acad Dermatol. 43 (5 Pt 1): 733–51, quiz 752-4. doi:10.1067/mjd.2000.109303. PMID 11050577.
- ↑ Kaneda HJ, Mack J, Kasales CJ, Schetter S (2013). “Pediatric and adolescent breast masses: a review of pathophysiology, imaging, diagnosis, and treatment”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 200 (2): W204–12. doi:10.2214/AJR.12.9560. PMID 23345385.
- ↑ Bharat A, Gao F, Aft RL, Gillanders WE, Eberlein TJ, Margenthaler JA (2009). “Predictors of primary breast abscesses and recurrence”. World J Surg. 33 (12): 2582–6. doi:10.1007/s00268-009-0170-8. PMC 3892669. PMID 19669231.
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