Fever in Surgery — Case | General Surgery | SMLE Q#1247
SMLE Question #1247
Surgery
General Surgery
Objective: OBJ-TRACH-EMERG-01
Last updated: February 2026
A 26-year-old primiparous woman, 3 weeks postpartum and breastfeeding, reports a painful right-breast lump for 3 days with fever. Examination shows a 3 cm tender, erythematous, warm, indurated mass in the lower outer quadrant that is fluctuant; there is no nipple discharge. She has no rigors or features of sepsis and wants to continue breastfeeding. What is the most appropriate next step in management?
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