Volume 27, Issue 8 pp. 671-674
CASE REPORT

Post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum in otherwise healthy patient with history of COVID-19

Matthew D. Rich MD

Matthew D. Rich MD

Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Thomas J. Sorenson BS

Thomas J. Sorenson BS

Medical School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Warren Schubert MD

Corresponding Author

Warren Schubert MD

Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, MN, USA

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Warren Schubert, MD FACS, Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Regions Hospital, Mail Stop 11503 B, 640 Jackson Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101, USA.

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First published: 24 May 2021
Citations: 8

Abstract

There are increasing reports of autoimmune and dermatologic sequelae of COVID-19. We describe an otherwise healthy patient with recent history of serious COVID-19 infection who developed post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum following bilateral reduction mammoplasty and was successfully treated with infliximab, mycophenolic acid, and corticosteroids. We present this case to highlight the lingering systemic proinflammatory effects of COVID-19 infection that may increase the risk of rare autoimmune complications of surgery. As a complete understanding of the long-term effects of COVID-19 is poorly understood, patients with a history of COVID-19 infection should be appropriately counseled to these possible risks when discussing surgery.

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