Necrotizing infection of the breast mimicking carcinoma

Muthukumarasamy Rajakannu1, Vikram Kate, N Ananthakrishnan

  • 1General Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India. muthukumarassamy@yahoo.com

The Breast Journal
|May 11, 2006
PubMed

Necrotizing fasciitis is a polymicrobial infection of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and fascia with a fulminant course and a high morbidity and mortality. It rarely affects the breast. We report a postmenopausal woman presenting with necrotizing infection of the breast requiring mastectomy.