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ArticleCureus2024

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum: Reviewing Mobile Phone Photos Saved a Patient From Unnecessary Surgeries.

Evangelos Keramidas, Stavroula Rodopoulou, Nikolaos Avgerinos

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Evangelos KeramidasPlastic Surgery, Kosmesis Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center, Athens, GRC.
Stavroula RodopoulouPlastic Surgery, Kosmesis Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center, Athens, GRC.
Nikolaos AvgerinosPlastic Surgery, Kosmesis Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center, Athens, GRC.
Aesthetic Surgery Center · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pyoderma gangrenosum of the breast following surgery is a rare aseptic inflammatory cutaneous condition that causes very rapid progressing and expanding painful ulceration of the surgical site and the adjacent skin. The greatest issue concerning pyoderma gangrenosum is its diagnosis. Almost invariably, it is misdiagnosed as a wound infection, which results in delayed identification, lengthy antibiotic regimens, and ineffective detrimental surgical debridements, causing significant patient disfigurement. We present a rare case report of pyoderma gangrenosum complicating the surgical site of the breast reduction procedure two months after simultaneous performance of operations including breast reduction, abdominoplasty, and lumbar liposuction. The diagnosis was established within four hours from the initial lesion and symptom presentation due to the accurate evaluation of photographs sent from the patient's mobile phone to the surgeon every half hour. Immediate appropriate treatment with oral corticosteroids within this time interval was initiated, resulting in favorable healing for the patient within four months.

Indexed as

breast ulcerdiagnosis and treatment of pyoderma gangrenosumdiagnosis of pyoderma gangrenosumpostoperative pyoderma gangrenosumpyoderma gangrenosumpyoderma gangrenosum after breast reductionpyoderma gangrenosum of the breastpyoderma gangrenosum (pg)pyoderma gangrenosum post surgery

Identifiers

PMID38405660
PMCPMC10893982
OpenAlexW4392138944

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