Catherine  posits:
 
<<Could this be a  case of gigantomastia complicated by abcesses? The two 
inch wound is  consistent with a huge abcess that burst and drained at 
the surface of the  breast.
Poor mom. I'd want her seen by a breast specialist,  asap.>>


 
 
Exactly what I was thinking,  Catherine.  I've had one mom like that in my 
practice -- the nurses wanted  me to see her because her nipples were flat!!!  
That wasn't half the  problem.  I wonder too if there isn't another abscess 
brewing on the right  breast -- along with a mastitis.  One would think that if 
she has been on  Keflex for months that the physician would try something 
else!!  
 
Unfortunately there isn't too much  in the literature about hypermastia.  The 
newest edition of Lawrence has a  lot more in it than the 1999 edition which 
had one paragraph.  But there  isn't too much known about it.
 
Good luck -- and a virtual hug to  this young mom.  How miserably 
uncomfortable she must be.

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