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To the Editor: A healthy 20-year-old woman presented with breast pain and bilateral purulent nipple discharge three weeks after having her nipples pierced. She received a course of antibiotics (cephalexin), and her infection resolved. Two weeks later, she returned because of bilateral spontaneous galactorrhea. Evaluation at that time showed a prolactin level of 218 µg per liter, with a negative urine test for pregnancy and normal concentrations of serum thyrotropin (0.22 µU per milliliter), blood urea nitrogen (8 mg per deciliter [2.9 mmol per liter]), and serum creatinine (0.6 mg per deciliter [53 µmol per liter]). Three weeks later, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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