| Autor: |
Natasa Andjelic Dekic, Vladimir Jurisic, Zorica Tomasevic, Miodrag Matijasevic, Daniela Kolarevic, S. Milosevic |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Open Medicine. 7:149-153 |
| ISSN: |
2391-5463 |
| DOI: |
10.2478/s11536-011-0127-9 |
| Popis: |
Erysipelas is a bacterial cellulitis usually associated with Streptococcal infection. It may appear as a complication following mastectomy and radiotherapy for breast cancer. The study involved 17 cases of erysipelas of the upper limbs with a median age of 62 years. Here we described the clinical, therapeutic and evolutionary aspects of erysipelas. Our results indicated that the erysipelas appeared with an average of 9 years after mastectomy and was recurrent in three patients (17.64%). It is associated with obesity in 42% and arterial hypertension in 52.9% of patients with breast cancer after radical mastectomy. Breast cancer patients in advance stages of disease at presentation (T2+ T3) are significantly more subject to erysipelas in comparison to those patients with locoregional stage of disease at presentation (T1), Mann Whitney U-test, (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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