Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T07:27:32 RDF description of Post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum in otherwise healthy patient with history of COVID-19 - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn25543 document-rn25543 COVID-19 public 10.1111/tbj.14242 Coronavirus Infections 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 27 30766 Post-surgical pyoderma gangrenosum in otherwise healthy patient with history of COVID-19 18213 Autoimmune Diseases 8 <p>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.<p> Adverse Effects Surgery The breast journal Drugs and Drug Therapy