Metastatic Gas gangrene and Colonic Perforation: a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p><it>Clostridium septicum </it>myonecrosis is associated with diabetes, colorectal and haematological malignancies. We present a case of metastatic myonecrosis in a diabetic patient with a perforated caecal tumour. The literature since 1989 is reviewed...
Main Authors: | Sasapu Kishore K, Powell Matthew J, Macklin Christopher |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2008-03-01
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Series: | World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.wjes.org/content/3/1/15 |
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