Case Report
Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Breast: Case Report with Literature Review
Table 1
Existing case reports of NF in breast and management.
| Author | Year | Patient age | Treatment |
| Fayman et al. [3] | 2017 | 23 | Muscle-sparing mastectomy, VAC and skin grafting for mastectomy wound. | Konik et al. [1] | 2017 | 53 | Partial mastectomy and local tissue rearrangement. | Ward et al. [4] | 2017 | 53 | Radical mastectomy. | Lee et al. [8] | 2016 | 31 | Debridement and skin graft. | Pek et al. [9] | 2015 | 27 | Debridement and skin graft. | Lee et al. [6] | 2015 | 31 | Debridement and secondary wound closure using VAC. | Yang et al. [10] | 2015 | 30 | Debridement with conservation of the nipple and skin graft. | Yaji et al. [2] | 2014 | 55 | Wide debridement. | Pote et al. [11] | 2013 | 22 | Debridement and skin graft. | Vishwanath et al. [12] | 2011 | 20 | Mastectomy and skin graft. | Soliman et al. [13] | 2011 | 61 | Debridement with conservation of the nipple and skin graft | Keune et al. [14] | 2009 | 47 | Mastectomy. | Flandrin et al. [7] | 2009 | 50 | Debridement with conservation of the nipple, VAC and skin graft. | Venkatramani et al. [15] | 2009 | 40 | Mastectomy | Wong and Tan [16] | 2008 | 38 | Quadrantectomy and secondary wound closure. | Nizami et al. [17] | 2006 | 54 | Mastectomy and skin graft. | Rajakannu et al. [18] | 2006 | 50 | Mastectomy and skin grafting. | Shah et al. [5] | 1999 | 50 | Mastectomy. |
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