title: Spontaneous gas gangrene of the pancreas.
abstract: A patient had gas gangrene due to spontaneous Clostridium perfringens infection of the pancreas. He had not undergone any invasive procedure. An initial laparotomy ruled out a suspected intestinal origin of his infection; lack of evidence of pancreatitis before his acute attack indicated that no superinfection was involved. We have found no other report of primary gas gangrene of the pancreas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine (P.A.B.), St. Elizabeth's Medical Center of Boston, MA 02135.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sadeghi-Nejad
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Banks
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed