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Post Reduction Mammaplasty Pyoderma Gangrenosum: An Unusual Presentation of a Misdiagnosed Entity

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare skin disorder that could be triggered after surgical trauma. However, more uncommon, this condition could follow breast surgery. An opportune diagnosis and adequate treatment are essential in order to avoid wound chronicity and aesthetic sequels. We report a 51-year-ol...

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Autores principales: Zapata Alvarez, Jesus, Patrón Gómez, Alfredo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7732732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33324515
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11432
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description Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare skin disorder that could be triggered after surgical trauma. However, more uncommon, this condition could follow breast surgery. An opportune diagnosis and adequate treatment are essential in order to avoid wound chronicity and aesthetic sequels. We report a 51-year-old woman who presented multiple wound complications after a reduction mammaplasty. This particular case is unique, because bilateral and unusual presentation after another uncomplicated previous surgical procedure, and illustrates how a patient could be taken through different rational surgical therapeutic modalities without improvement, and deterioration of clinical picture. Finally, a diagnosis of Pyoderma gangrenosum was established, and immunosuppressive treatment was completed, with an appropriate resolution of this problematic condition.
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spelling pubmed-77327322020-12-14 Post Reduction Mammaplasty Pyoderma Gangrenosum: An Unusual Presentation of a Misdiagnosed Entity Zapata Alvarez, Jesus Patrón Gómez, Alfredo Cureus Dermatology Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare skin disorder that could be triggered after surgical trauma. However, more uncommon, this condition could follow breast surgery. An opportune diagnosis and adequate treatment are essential in order to avoid wound chronicity and aesthetic sequels. We report a 51-year-old woman who presented multiple wound complications after a reduction mammaplasty. This particular case is unique, because bilateral and unusual presentation after another uncomplicated previous surgical procedure, and illustrates how a patient could be taken through different rational surgical therapeutic modalities without improvement, and deterioration of clinical picture. Finally, a diagnosis of Pyoderma gangrenosum was established, and immunosuppressive treatment was completed, with an appropriate resolution of this problematic condition. Cureus 2020-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7732732/ /pubmed/33324515 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11432 Text en Copyright © 2020, Zapata Alvarez et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Post Reduction Mammaplasty Pyoderma Gangrenosum: An Unusual Presentation of a Misdiagnosed Entity
title_sort post reduction mammaplasty pyoderma gangrenosum: an unusual presentation of a misdiagnosed entity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7732732/
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