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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec 25;2(1):31-3.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2014.12.004. eCollection 2015.

Osteomyelitis of sternum and rib after breast prosthesis implantation: A rare or underestimated infection?

Piseth Seng  1 , Antoine Alliez  2 , Estelle Honnorat  3 , Amelie Menard  3 , Dominique Casanova  2 , Andreas Stein  1
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Case Reports

Osteomyelitis of sternum and rib after breast prosthesis implantation: A rare or underestimated infection?

Piseth Seng et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

Sternum and rib osteomyelitis complicated from breast implant infection is rare. We report a case of early sternum and rib osteomyelitis occurred during breast implant infection managed in an inter-regional referral center for bone/joint infections in the south of France.

Keywords: Bacteria; Breast implant infection; Human; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rib osteomyelitis; Sternum osteomyelitis.

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Fig. 1
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has shown an inflammation of anterior chest wall in the left side with sterna osteitis (a and b), image of necrotic periosteum/perichondrium tissues and hypovascularized ribs (c), and the 3rd and 4th left ribs have been removed (d).
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