title: [Pyoderma gangraenosum--a rare complication after breast reduction].
abstract: Applying standardized and sound operative techniques, impaired wound healing following reduction mammoplasty is rare. A postoperative case of pyoderma gangraenosum is reported. This necrotizing skin disorder seemed at first to be a postoperative bacterial infection, but correct diagnosis was finally made histopathologically. The clinical course, etiology, diagnostic findings, and therapy are discussed and a review of the literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Plastische Chirurgie, Krankenhaus Am Urban, Berlin.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gruhl
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bruck
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Merkel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Büttemeyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grabosch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D008775:Methylprednisolone
vernacular_title: Pyoderma gangraenosum--Eine seltene Komplikation nach Mammareduktionsplastik.