Spontaneous bifocal Clostridium septicum gas gangrene.
Clostridium septicum gas gangrene (myonecrosis) is an acutely painful and rapidly fatal infection occurring in the absence of trauma. Urgent surgery is essential both to control pain and to ensure survival. Most patients who develop this infection have an underlying malignancy and clinicians should be aware of this association. We present a case of bifocal myonecrosis which to our knowledge has not been reported previously.
Monklands District General Hospital, Airdrie, Scotland.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005542:Forearm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006365:Heel / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence