[Diagnostic image (159). An elderly woman with shock and discoloration of an upper leg. Gas gangrene caused by C. septicum].
In an 80-year-old woman septic shock and gas gangrene were diagnosed secondary to a perforated carcinoma of the coecum.
van der Klooster
J M
JM
Ikazia Ziekenhuis, afd. Intensive Care, Montessoriweg 1, 3083 AN Rotterdam. jm.vd.klooster@ikazia.nl
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D003013:Clostridium / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D007866:Leg / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology