Carolyn Zara writes>> Her husband, the Radiologist, has several times aspirated fluid by needle from this area of the breast which continued to drain through the skin after the needle was removed. She said her breast felt better for a couple of days and then the nodule and terrible pain returned so he apirated again with relief for several days but again there was return of these bothersome symptoms. Her husband performed an ultrasound on her breast which she decribed as "showing some big dark cavernous holes, one of which was particularly large." She had no other information about the ultrasound.<< I think an assessment of a galactocele is correct in this situation. The walls of the duct were probably stretched with the first baby and resulting mastitis. Now with this baby, the area is filling up again. The plugged pore sounds like a sore nipple healed and left a small flap of skin over the duct that drains that area of the breast. Which appears to complicate the picture. In a case like this I might suggest that she attempt to *dry up* that area of the breast. Leave the nipple pore alone and apply ice packs to the affected area. It will take several weeks before she is pain free, but she should have some relief in a few days. I have done this successfully following injuries to the breast or an area where a duct was severed during a breast biopsy. The milk is not removed and is reasorbed. What scares the c--- out of me is that the area has been repeatedly aspirated- The risk of introducing bacteria into an otherwise sterile area and causing an abscess. (Don't these guys think of that?) If the milk that was aspirated through the needle was thin there's a chance the baby could get it out. But if it was thick--it might be better to leave it alone. What the *experts* suggest sounds very painful. IMHO maybe this is a guy who sees his wife in pain and has to DO something. So sorry that she did not get to see you. Marie Davis