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Mastitis Learning Center

Complications could include:
Prognosis for uncomplicated mastitis is excellent. A small percentage of women with mastitis will end up with an abscess within the affected breast. This complication will require a surgical procedure to drain the pus. In the case of a small absce...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Prognosis for uncomplicated mastitis is excellent. About 10% of women with mastitis will end up with an abscess within the affected breast. An abscess is a collection of pus within the breast. This complication will require a surgical procedure to...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
An abscess is a localized collection of pus in any part of the body that is surrounded by swelling (inflammation.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 12, 2008
An abscess is a place of accumulation of the creamy white, yellow, or greenish fluid, known as pus, surrounded by reddened tissue. It is the result of the body's inflammatory response to a foreign body or a bacterial, viral, parasitic, or fungal i...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
An abscess is an enclosed collection of liquefied tissue, known as pus, somewhere in the body. It is the result of the body's defensive reaction to foreign material.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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