Spontaneous fulminant gas gangrene.
Gas gangrene is a rare condition, usually associated with contaminated traumatic injuries. It carries a high rate of mortality and morbidity. A number of studies have implicated non-traumatic gas gangrene and colonic neoplasia. This paper reports a patient who presented spontaneously with Clostridium septicum gas gangrene and an occult caecal carcinoma.
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St James University Hospital, Leeds, UK. janeandmike1@aol.com
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Delbridge
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Turton
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Kester
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002430:Cecal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male