A case report and a call for early recognition: post-operative Pyoderma Gangrenosum after breast-conserving surgery in a locally advanced breast tumor

Abdulrahman Hashim; Fabien Boucher

doi:10.1080/23320885.2024.2304620

A case report and a call for early recognition: post-operative Pyoderma Gangrenosum after breast-conserving surgery in a locally advanced breast tumor

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2024 Jan 18;11(1):2304620. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2024.2304620. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Abdulrahman Hashim¹, Fabien Boucher²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France, Department of Surgery, University of Jeddah Medical School, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
² Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Hôpital de la Croix Rousse, Lyon, France.

Abstract

We present a case of a patient addressed to our plastic surgery department after a breast tumor resection and subsequent necrosis and ulceration of the right breast. A diagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosum was made based on the clinical criteria, early recognition resulted in complete recovery without further reconstructive surgery.

Keywords: Breast reconstruction; breast pyoderma gangrenosum; case report; post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum.

Publication types

Case Reports