Successful Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum after Augmentation Mastopexy Using Vacuum Therapy

Successful Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum after Augmentation Mastopexy Using Vacuum Therapy

BACKGROUND Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare, severe, destructive neutrophilic dermatosis characterized by a progressive, necrotizing process after skin injury. Its cause is still unknown, and diagnosis represents a challenge when ulcers are seen after surgery. Bacterial infection is not found in the wounds. Patients exhibit "pathergy" with the appearance of new lesions after local trauma suc...

Pyoderma Gangrenosum after Augmentation Mammoplasty

A 43-year-old woman with an unremarkable previous medical history underwent a bilateral mammoplasty augmentation with silicone prostheses. Five days later, she developed small ulcers with pustules on the surgical wound, which progressed in periphery to affect the whole breasts, with a necrotic base, ®brin deposition and raised, thickened edges. The lesions were symmetrical and the areolas were ...

Successful treatment of Pyoderma gangrenosum with potassium iodide.

Successful Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum with Cryoglobulinemia and Hepatitis C

BACKGROUND Pyoderma gangrenosum is a rare, ulcerative cutaneous condition that was first described by Brocq in 1916. This diagnosis is quite challenging as the histopathological findings are nonspecific. Pyoderma gangrenosum is usually associated with inflammatory bowel disease, leukemia, and hepatitis C. We describe a rare clinical case of a patient with hepatitis C (HCV), mixed cryoglubinemia...

Beware of Pyoderma Gangrenosum Complicating Mastopexy: The Importance of Early Detection and Treatment

Cosmetic breast procedures are widely performed by plastic surgeons all over the world with high satisfaction rate for patients. The most common complications described for reduction mammaplasty and mastopexy are wound dehiscence, breast asymmetry, partial or total loss of the nipple-areolar complex (NAC). Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare ulcerative dermatitis of unclear origins first descri...