Gas gangrene of the extremity: the presenting clinical picture in perforating carcinoma of the caecum.
This paper reports 2 diabetic patients with perforating carcinoma of the caecum and gas gangrene of the pelvis and right lower extremity in whom the infective process was the main clincial feature.
D000368:Aged; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology*
D002701:Chloramphenicol