Necrotizing fasciitis of the breast managed by partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement

Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) of the breast is a rare occurrence that is routinely misdiagnosed as an abscess or cellulitis, resulting in treatment delays. A total mastectomy is required when delays occur. We present a 53-year-old female with breast NF managed with a partial mastectomy and local tissue...

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Autores principales: Konik, Ryan D., Cash, Adam D., Huang, Gregory S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5613904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28971110
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2017.1364970
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description Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) of the breast is a rare occurrence that is routinely misdiagnosed as an abscess or cellulitis, resulting in treatment delays. A total mastectomy is required when delays occur. We present a 53-year-old female with breast NF managed with a partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement.
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spelling pubmed-56139042017-10-02 Necrotizing fasciitis of the breast managed by partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement Konik, Ryan D. Cash, Adam D. Huang, Gregory S. Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg Case Report Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) of the breast is a rare occurrence that is routinely misdiagnosed as an abscess or cellulitis, resulting in treatment delays. A total mastectomy is required when delays occur. We present a 53-year-old female with breast NF managed with a partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement. Taylor & Francis 2017-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC5613904/ /pubmed/28971110 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23320885.2017.1364970 Text en © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Necrotizing fasciitis of the breast managed by partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement
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title_fullStr Necrotizing fasciitis of the breast managed by partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement
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title_short Necrotizing fasciitis of the breast managed by partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement
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