Breast surgeons dealing with Munchausen syndrome: A self‐induced necrotic phlegmon of the breast treated with surgery, negative pressure and epidermal fractional skin grafting.

The article reports a case study of a 35‐year‐old woman with necrotic phlegmon of the right breast, with a necrotic breast, fistulas and a smelly secretion. Topics include symptoms like a blunt trauma, unexplained multiple scars, a skin‐graft on her forearm, increased white‐blood‐cell‐count and wound swabs; mentions the vacuum assisted closure therapy with the use of gauze; and information on the multi‐step treatment‐strategy that required close cooperation between surgeons and dermatologists.