Case Report

Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast: Case Report with Literature Review

Table 1

Existing case reports of NF in breast and management.

AuthorYearPatient ageTreatment

Fayman et al. [3]201723Muscle-sparing mastectomy, VAC and skin grafting for mastectomy wound.
Konik et al. [1]201753Partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement.
Ward et al. [4]201753Radical mastectomy.
Lee et al. [8]201631Debridement and skin graft.
Pek et al. [9]201527Debridement and skin graft.
Lee et al. [6]201531Debridement and secondary wound closure using VAC.
Yang et al. [10]201530Debridement with conservation of the nipple and skin graft.
Yaji et al. [2]201455Wide debridement.
Pote et al. [11]201322Debridement and skin graft.
Vishwanath et al. [12]201120Mastectomy and skin graft.
Soliman et al. [13]201161Debridement with conservation of the nipple and skin graft
Keune et al. [14]200947Mastectomy.
Flandrin et al. [7]200950Debridement with conservation of the nipple, VAC and skin graft.
Venkatramani et al. [15]200940Mastectomy
Wong and Tan [16]200838Quadrantectomy and secondary wound closure.
Nizami et al. [17]200654Mastectomy and skin graft.
Rajakannu et al. [18]200650Mastectomy and skin grafting.
Shah et al. [5]199950Mastectomy.