| Literature DB >> 23759719 |
A Segaran1, M Mohammad, J C Sterling, C M Malata.
Abstract
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an unusual skin condition causing inflammation and sterile ulceration. It may occur in the context of a systemic disease or in otherwise healthy patients following trauma. Treatment is immunosuppression. Surgical debridement may worsen the disease. Post-surgical PG of the breast is rare and in previous reports has occurred within days or weeks of surgery. We report a highly unusual case of PG occurring at an incision site seven years after reduction mammoplasty.Entities:
Keywords: Breast reduction; Immunosuppression; Inflammatory skin conditions; Isotretinoin; Late post-operative complications; Minocycline; Pyoderma gangrenosum; Reduction mammoplasty; Scarring; Tacrolimus; Ulcer
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23759719 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.05.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg ISSN: 1748-6815 Impact factor: 2.740