I checked the archives and found Linda's post from earlier this morning.
Here's an excerpt from the current issue of the journal, Radiology:

"Breast abscesses have typically required treatment with surgical incision
and drainage, which is usually performed while the patient is under general
anesthesia," write Dieter Ulitzsch MD from Karolinska Institute at
Danderyds Hospital in Sweden, and colleagues.  "Recent reports have
described breast abscesses with US [ultrasound]-guided needle aspiration or
cathether placement rather than surgical incision and drainage.  A
retrospective study supports ultrasonography-guided needle aspiration of
abscesses smaller than 3 cm and ultrasonography-guided cathether drainage
of abscesses of 3 cm or larger in lactating women."

Article is in the Radiology 2004; issue 232, pages 904-909.  See Linda's
post for the link.  My link to the article arrived via my FREE membership
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