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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2024

A 30-year-old woman on the fifth day after the physiological childbirth complained of swelling of her left breast, pain, reddened skin, and a fever of 38°C. Objectively, her left mammary gland is enlarged, the skin there is red, with cyanosis in the upper-outer quadrant. A sharply painful infiltrate without clear borders can be palpated. Expressing milk does not bring relief. What is the most likely diagnosis in this case?

Answer options

  1. Breast cancer
  2. Infected breast cyst
  3. Erysipelas
  4. Acute infiltrative mastitis
  5. Lactostasis
Correct answer

Acute infiltrative mastitis

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