Breast abscess, an early indicator for diabetes mellitus in non-lactating women: a retrospective study from rural India.
World J Surg
; 36(5): 1195-8, 2012 May.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-22395343
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Breast abscess is commonly seen in lactating and non-lactating women. Diabetes mellitus (DM) frequently predisposes to soft tissue infections and has many different presentations. But DM presenting in the form of breast abscess is yet to be studied, and we believe our study is the first to explore this connection.METHODS:
We collected 30 cases of breast abscess in women who presented to our hospital from May 2010 to June 2011 retrospectively. They were classified into lactating and non-lactating women, and their glycemic status was evaluated, together with length of hospital stay, management, recurrence, and follow-up status after 6 months.RESULTS:
We found that of the 30 patients in our study, 20% had high blood sugar levels. And 37.5% of the non-lactating women were diagnosed newly with DM.CONCLUSIONS:
This study shows that DM can present as breast abscess in non-lactating women. Therefore, non-lactating women with a breast abscess should be evaluated for DM.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Staphylococcal Infections
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Breast Diseases
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Lactation
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Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
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Abscess
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
World J Surg
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India