Extensive Pyoderma gangrenosum following breast reduction and abdominoplasty: a challenging case

Vera Obinwanne; Nathalia Hoffmann Guarda; Erinolaoluwa Araoye; Alaina J James

doi:10.1080/23320885.2024.2302124

Extensive Pyoderma gangrenosum following breast reduction and abdominoplasty: a challenging case

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2024 Jan 23;11(1):2302124. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2024.2302124. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Vera Obinwanne^{1

2}, Nathalia Hoffmann Guarda^{2

3}, Erinolaoluwa Araoye², Alaina J James⁴

Affiliations

¹ Western Michigan Homer Stryker School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
² Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Abstract

Post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum (P SP G) is a subtype of pyoderma gangrenosum in which non-infectious, painful, inflammatory ulcerative nodules develop in incision sites. Delayed diagnosis and surgical interventions of P SP G often contribute to worsened morbidity. We present a case of a 55-year-old female diagnosed with severe P SP G after breast augmentation and abdominoplasty.

Keywords: Pyoderma gangrenosum; abdominoplasty; breast reduction surgery; mummy make over; post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum.

Publication types

Case Reports