Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy

Median sternotomy is the most commonly used incision in cardiothoracic procedures. Development of breast abscess after sternotomy is a very rare situation. We present a case of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess after sternotomy. Our case is the first and only case in th...

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Autores principales: Cinar, Hamza, Ulusoy, Ali Naki, Kaya, Emir Fatih, Lap, Gökhan, Karabulut, Kagan, Polat, Ayfer Kamalı, Selcuk Özbalci, Gökhan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3423773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22924148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/160624
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author Cinar, Hamza
Ulusoy, Ali Naki
Kaya, Emir Fatih
Lap, Gökhan
Karabulut, Kagan
Polat, Ayfer Kamalı
Selcuk Özbalci, Gökhan
author_facet Cinar, Hamza
Ulusoy, Ali Naki
Kaya, Emir Fatih
Lap, Gökhan
Karabulut, Kagan
Polat, Ayfer Kamalı
Selcuk Özbalci, Gökhan
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description Median sternotomy is the most commonly used incision in cardiothoracic procedures. Development of breast abscess after sternotomy is a very rare situation. We present a case of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess after sternotomy. Our case is the first and only case in the literature due to the presence of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess after sternotomy.
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spelling pubmed-34237732012-08-24 Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy Cinar, Hamza Ulusoy, Ali Naki Kaya, Emir Fatih Lap, Gökhan Karabulut, Kagan Polat, Ayfer Kamalı Selcuk Özbalci, Gökhan Case Rep Surg Case Report Median sternotomy is the most commonly used incision in cardiothoracic procedures. Development of breast abscess after sternotomy is a very rare situation. We present a case of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess after sternotomy. Our case is the first and only case in the literature due to the presence of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess after sternotomy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3423773/ /pubmed/22924148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/160624 Text en Copyright © 2012 Hamza Cinar et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Cinar, Hamza
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Lap, Gökhan
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Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy
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title_fullStr Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy
title_short Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy
title_sort recurrent bilateral breast abscesses after sternotomy
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3423773/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/160624
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