title: Gas gangrene after colonoscopy.
abstract: A case of spontaneous clostridial myonecrosis developing shortly after diagnostic colonoscopy is described. The prime underlying factor proved to be an unsuspected colonic cancer, developing in a patient with pre-existing ulcerative colitis and sclerosing cholangitis.
authors: Gastroenterology Unit, Basildon Hospital, Nether Mayne, Basildon, Essex SS16 5NL, UK.
authors: N F
authors: NF
authors: Jamieson
authors: C P
authors: CP
authors: Willoughby
mesh_terms: D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged