Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast: A Case Report and Literature Review

A 51-year-old woman presented to our facility with an open wound in the left breast. This was associated with a hard, non-mobile, tender lesion palpable underneath. The wound contained central necrosis with surrounding purulent discharge and accompanying erythema. Following radical debridement of th...

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Autores principales: Fadaee, Neesa, Ong, Michelle, Al-Askari, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34434326
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3361
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description A 51-year-old woman presented to our facility with an open wound in the left breast. This was associated with a hard, non-mobile, tender lesion palpable underneath. The wound contained central necrosis with surrounding purulent discharge and accompanying erythema. Following radical debridement of the breast down to the pectoralis fascia the patient had a vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device dressing applied. Histological examination was consistent with necrotizing fasciitis of the breast.
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spelling pubmed-83835432021-08-24 Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast: A Case Report and Literature Review Fadaee, Neesa Ong, Michelle Al-Askari, Mohammed J Med Cases Case Report A 51-year-old woman presented to our facility with an open wound in the left breast. This was associated with a hard, non-mobile, tender lesion palpable underneath. The wound contained central necrosis with surrounding purulent discharge and accompanying erythema. Following radical debridement of the breast down to the pectoralis fascia the patient had a vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) device dressing applied. Histological examination was consistent with necrotizing fasciitis of the breast. Elmer Press 2019-09 2019-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8383543/ /pubmed/34434326 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3361 Text en Copyright 2019, Fadaee et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8383543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34434326
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jmc3361
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