Case Reports in Surgery (Jan 2012)

Recurrent Bilateral Breast Abscesses after Sternotomy

  • Hamza Cinar,
  • Ali Naki Ulusoy,
  • Emir Fatih Kaya,
  • Gökhan Lap,
  • Kagan Karabulut,
  • Ayfer Kamalı Polat,
  • Gökhan Selcuk Özbalci

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/160624
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2012

Abstract

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Median sternotomy is the most commonly used incision in cardiothoracic procedures. Development of breast abscess after sternotomy is a very rare situation. We present a case of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess after sternotomy. Our case is the first and only case in the literature due to the presence of sternal wound infection with recurrent bilateral breast abscess after sternotomy.