Gas gangrene in patient with atherosclerosis obliterans.
Clostridia are the main cause of nontraumatic spontaneous gas gangrene. Poor blood flow due to arterial occlusion exacerbates the anaerobic condition. Fulminant gas gangrene in a 54-year-old man with atherosclerosis obliterans was treated by revascularization of the iliac artery using endarterectomy, and his gangrenous lower leg was amputated. However, he died from renal failure.
Niimi
Masanori
M
First Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. mniimi@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
Ikeda
Yosifumi
Y
Kan
Shigenao
S
Takami
Hiroshi
H
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001162:Arteriosclerosis Obliterans / Q000150:complications*; D004691:Endarterectomy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged