Open AccessPyoderma gangrenosum confined to the irradiated chest wall of the reconstructed breast
Author(s) -
Hammond Jacob B.,
Pflibsen Lacey R.,
Kruger Erwin A.,
Casey William J.,
Noland Shelley S.,
Lettieri Salvatore C.,
Rebecca Alanna M.,
Struve Sara L.,
Teven Chad M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3553
Subject(s) - pyoderma gangrenosum , medicine , debridement (dental) , abdominal wall , breast reconstruction , surgical debridement , surgery , radiology , disease , pathology , breast cancer , cancer
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a diagnosis of exclusion worsened by surgical debridement. This report presents two atypical manifestations of PG in the reconstructed breast, whereby the disease is only confined to the irradiated chest wall tissue bed, sparing the abdominal donor sites and the contralateral reconstructed breast.