[A man with a painful leg].
A 72-year-old man with a history of prostate cancer was seen with pain in the right leg and the left arm. He suffered from a clostridial myonecrosis. Physical examination showed typical findings of purple discoloration of the skin and hemorrhagic bullae. The patient eventually died because of septic shock.
Viecuri Medisch Centrum, Venlo, the Netherlands. mail2@douwerijpsma.nl
Douwe
D
Rijpsma
Joop L M
JL
Konsten
D000368:Aged; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology*; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology