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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2012

On the tenth day after discharge from the maternity house a 2-year-old patient consulted a doctor about body temperature rise up to 39°C, pain in the right breast. Objectively: the mammary gland is enlarged, there is a hyperemized area in the upper external quadrant, in the same place there is an ill-defined induration, lactostasis, fluctuation is absent. Lymph nodes of the right axillary region are enlarged and painful. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Erysipelas
  2. Lactational mastitis
  3. Abscess
  4. Dermatitis
  5. Tumour
Correct answer

Lactational mastitis

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