Osteomyelitis of sternum and rib after breast prosthesis implantation: A rare or underestimated infection?

Abstract

Sternum and rib osteomyelitis complicated from breast implant infection is rare. We report a case of early sternum and rib osteomyelitis occurred during breast implant infection managed in an inter-regional referral center for bone/joint infections in the south of France.

Keywords

• Sternum osteomyelitis
• Rib osteomyelitis
• Breast implant infection
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Bacteria
• Human