title: Recurrent mycobacterial breast abscesses complicating reconstruction.
abstract: We present a patient with mycobacterial infection of the breast and subsequent mastectomy. After initial reconstruction, she developed multiple recurrent abscesses around the flap. This necessitated further debridement and a second reconstruction. This case demonstrates the need to beware mycobacterial infection in patients undergoing breast reconstruction, especially after recurrent "sterile" abscesses.
authors.affiliation: Plastic Surgery Unit, Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Northwood HA6 2JR, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rimmer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gault
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016462:Mammaplasty / Q000379:methods*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000150:complications*; D019907:Mycobacterium fortuitum; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation