
|Poll|April 16, 2011
Painful, Hot Fluctuant Lump on Chin of Breast Cancer Patient
Author(s)Ted Rosen, MD
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A 31-year-old woman has undergone a lumpectomy for a small, estrogen receptor–positive breast tumor. She is receiving chemotherapy prior to local radiation. She acutely develops a painful, hot fluctuant lump on her chin. She is afebrile.
What would be the most appropriate thing to do first?
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