[A woman with a red, painful breast]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2019 Dec 5:163:D4023.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 79-year-old woman presented with swelling and pain in her right breast after re-excision of a melanoma and an axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy. The cellulitis was caused by Clostridium perfringens, a rare cause of a postoperative infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Axilla
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Cellulitis / diagnosis
  • Cellulitis / etiology*
  • Cellulitis / microbiology
  • Clostridium Infections / diagnosis
  • Clostridium Infections / etiology*
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology
  • Clostridium perfringens / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Node Excision / adverse effects*
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Melanoma / diagnosis
  • Melanoma / secondary
  • Melanoma / surgery*
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / methods*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology