Case history / examination
A 38-year-old woman was presented with a 3-week history of a painful right retro-areolar mass unresponsive to a course of antibiotics. She had no significant past medical history. She was not on any chronic medication and had not used the oral contraceptive pill. She had no history of breast trauma and a family history of breast cancer. Our case had two pregnancies in 14 and 2 last years. Also, she has a history of breastfed for her second child for 12 months in the previous year. Clinically, a unilateral firm right retro-areolar breast mass was tender to palpation. The overlying skin was thickened and slightly warm. There was no associated nipple discharge or skin sinus.