Mastitis in Early Infancy

Mastitis, which is infection of breast tissue, is a rare infection apart from breast feeding period; it is a relatively frequent case at neonatal period. Breast tissue reserves inclination to infections due to early infancy immaturity. Conventionally, as breast tissue, which is hypertrophic and affected by maternal hormones at pregnancy, is squeezed, massaged, or a coin is fastened on it in our country, its being infected due to skin breakdown plays a significant role at neonatal mastitis. In our study, we would like to present a 14-day-old case where mastitis abscess developed after massage on right breast.