Bilateral Pyoderma Gangrenosum Following Bilateral Reduction Mammoplasty: Case Report

Ozgenel G. Y.

TURKIYE KLINIKLERI TIP BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.32, sa.1, ss.236-239, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5336/medsci.2009-16703
  • Dergi Adı: TURKIYE KLINIKLERI TIP BILIMLERI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.236-239
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Pyoderma gangrenosum is a chronic ulcerative noninfectious disease of the skin. It is rare and one of the worst postoperative complications following aesthetic surgery of the breast. When a wound does not respond to local wound care and antibiotic therapy, a surgeon should always suspect pyoderma gangrenosum. In this article, in order to emphasize the frequent misdiagnosis and mistreatment of pyoderma gangrenosum, we described a case of bilateral pyoderma gangrenosum following reduction mammaplasty that was treated successfully with cyclosporin.