Post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum of the breast: needs for early diagnosis and right therapy.

Giorgia Guaitoli, Federico Piacentini, Claudia Omarini, Alessia Andreotti, Enza Palma, Simona Papi, Chiara De Pietri, Andrea Conti, Stefano Cascinu, Giovanni Tazzioli

Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) 2019 Jul

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Post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum (PSPG) of the breast is a rare dermatosis that worsens surgical manipulation, with a chronical relapsing course. Diagnosis is mostly clinical and made by exclusion after the failure of antibiotic therapies and surgical debridement, while the mainstay of therapy is corticosteroid-based. Here we report a case of PSPG of the breast in a young woman with breast cancer, to emphasize the needs of an early and accurate diagnosis, to guarantee the most efficacious treatment and to avoid life-threatening complications.

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Giorgia Guaitoli, Federico Piacentini, Claudia Omarini, Alessia Andreotti, Enza Palma, Simona Papi, Chiara De Pietri, Andrea Conti, Stefano Cascinu, Giovanni Tazzioli. Post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum of the breast: needs for early diagnosis and right therapy. Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan). 2019 Jul;26(4):520-523