Pyoderma gangraenosum--a rare complication after breast reduction
Gruhl, L.; Bruck, J.C.; Merkel, K.; Büttemeyer, R.; Grabosch, A.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 24(1): 46-48
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 1568675 Document Number: 393747
Applying standardized and sound operative techniques, impaired wound healing following reduction mammoplasty is rare. A postoperative case of pyoderma gangraenosum is reported. This necrotizing skin disorder seemed at first to be a postoperative bacterial infection, but correct diagnosis was finally made histopathologically. The clinical course, etiology, diagnostic findings, and therapy are discussed and a review of the literature is presented.