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Figure 1b. Longitudinal US images of US-guided drainage of abscess in lower inner quadrant of right breast in a 27-year-old woman 8 weeks after delivery. (a) Image shows 6 x 4-cm well-defined, slightly lobulated, inhomogeneous hypoechoic abscess. Dots extend across abscess, with cursor at one margin of abscess. (b) Image shows 7-F pigtail catheter containing trocar (arrows) in the abscess cavity. (c) Image obtained after trocar removal and aspiration of 70 mL of pus. Parallel lines represent catheter walls (arrows).
