title: Retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis.
abstract: We present a case of retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis treated by urgent abdomino-perineal resection of the rectum with permanent colostomy. We can find no prior case in the English literature treated in this manner. Retroperitoneal occurrence of this disease is unusual. The process originated from perianal sepsis following chemotherapy for head and neck cancer.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Surgery, LSU School of Medicine, Shreveport.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Rush
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hood
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Grafton
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005208:Fasciitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005674:Fusobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005675:Fusobacterium necrophorum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space