Pyoderma gangrenosum confined to the irradiated chest wall of the reconstructed breast

Abstract

Abstract Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a diagnosis of exclusion worsened by surgical debridement. This report presents two atypical manifestations of PG in the reconstructed breast, whereby the disease is only confined to the irradiated chest wall tissue bed, sparing the abdominal donor sites and the contralateral reconstructed breast.

Keywords

• autologous breast reconstructio
• DIEP flap reconstruction
• pyoderma gangrenosum
• pyoderma gangrenosum in irradiated tissue