Case Report
Primary Chest Wall Abscess Mimicking a Breast Tumor That Occurred after Blunt Chest Trauma: A Case Report
Table 1
Reported cases of primary chest wall abscess occurring after blunt chest trauma.
| Reference | Age | Sex | Injured location | Fracture | Time from trauma to onset | Causative pathogen | Primary focus of infection | Surgical intervention | Outcome |
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Caruana and Swayne [6] | 37 | M | 7th rib | − | 2 months | Salmonella typhi | Enteritis | Surgical debridement with resection of the ribs | Recovered | Hananel et al. [7] | 37 | M | Sternum | − | 2 months | Salmonella typhi | Unknown | Only pus drainage | Recovered | Gregory [8] | 37 | M | Manubrium, sternum, and two ribs | + | 14 days | Staphylococcus aureus | Unknown | Surgical debridement with resection of the manubrium and the sternum | Recovered | Jayle et al. [9] | 14 | M | Sternum | − | 3 years | Staphylococcus aureus | Unknown | Surgical debridement with resection of the sternum | Recovered | Gilart et al. [10] | 62 | n/m | 5–9th ribs | + | 5 days | Staphylococcus aureus | Unknown | Surgical debridement | Recovered | Sakran and Bisharat [2] | 65 | F | 4th rib | − | 2 months | Escherichia coli | Urinary tract infection | Only pus drainage | Recovered | Ichimura et al. [11] | 15 | M | Sternum | + | 19 days | Staphylococcus aureus | Unknown | Only pus drainage | Recovered | Present case | 50 | F | 5th rib | + | 2 months | Streptococcus pyogenes | Unknown | Surgical debridement | Recovered |
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M: male; F: female; n/m: not mentioned.
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