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World J Methodol. Jun 20, 2026; 16(2): 114950
Published online Jun 20, 2026. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v16.i2.114950
Published online Jun 20, 2026. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v16.i2.114950
Subareolar breast abscess in males
Imtiaz Wani, Department of General Surgery, Government Gousia Hospital, Kashmir 190004, Jammu and Kashmīr, India
Gulam Naikoo, Department of Surgery, SMHS Hospital, Srinagar 190001, Jammu and Kashmīr, India
Rauf A Wani, Munir A Wani, Department of Surgery, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar 190005, Jammu and Kashmīr, India
Author contributions: Wani I contributed to wrote the main manuscript text, performed data collection, data analyses, and literature review, wrote the main manuscript text and edited the manuscript; Naikoo G contributed to helped in writing, and approving the final manuscript; Wani RA and Wani MA contributed to approved final manuscript; All author has the idea of the research, writing, and approving the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: In view of retrospective nature of study, approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee was exempted.
Informed consent statement: Informed consent and data use authorization was obtained from the included patients.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: The data that support the findings of this study are not openly available due to reasons of sensitivity and are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Corresponding author: Imtiaz Wani, MD, Department of General Surgery, Government Gousia Hospital, Srinagar, Kashmir 190004, Jammu and Kashmīr, India. imtazwani@gmail.com
Received: October 11, 2025
Revised: November 1, 2025
Accepted: January 21, 2026
Published online: June 20, 2026
Processing time: 203 Days and 1.7 Hours
Revised: November 1, 2025
Accepted: January 21, 2026
Published online: June 20, 2026
Processing time: 203 Days and 1.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Subareolar breast abscess is extremely rare in males. Most of cases are of simple abscess. Male breast is usually unilateral. The site of occurrence of breast abscess is usually outer quadrant of breast. Painful swelling of breast is a common manifestation. The Staphylococcus are main causative agents of male breast abscess. Clinical diagnosis with ultrasound of breast is suffice for diagnosis of male breast abscess. Fine needle aspiration cytology is helpful in diagnosis. Incision and drainage is treatment of choice in an uncomplicated cases.