Necrotizing fasciitis due to appendicitis.
Necrotizing fasciitis, although rare, is one of the more serious, life-threatening complications of missed acute appendicitis. Patients who are predisposed to developing necrotizing fasciitis, regardless of the cause, are typically immunocompromised. We present a case of a 49-year-old immunocompetent female whose diagnosis of acute appendicitis was missed and who subsequently developed necrotizing fasciitis of the abdominal wall and flank. She recovered 1 month after admission due to aggressive surgical and medical therapy.
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University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
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D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous