Successful treatment of nonclostridial gas gangrene extending from retroperitoneum to thigh associated with occult cecal cancer

J Orthop Sci. 2007 Nov;12(6):585-91. doi: 10.1007/s00776-007-1172-8. Epub 2007 Nov 30.

Authors

Shigeru Kobayashi¹, Kohei Negoro, Kenzo Uchida, Yasuo Kokubo, Kenichi Takeno, Takafumi Yayama, Kanji Katayama, Akio Yamaguchi, Hisatoshi Baba

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedics, Fukui University School of Medicine, 23-3 Shimoaizuki, Matsuoka, Eiheiji, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan.

PMID: 18040642
DOI: 10.1007/s00776-007-1172-8

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cecal Neoplasms / complications*
Cecal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Cecal Neoplasms / pathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Drainage / methods*
Emphysema / complications*
Emphysema / diagnosis
Emphysema / surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Gas Gangrene / diagnostic imaging
Gas Gangrene / etiology*
Gas Gangrene / surgery
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Retroperitoneal Space*
Severity of Illness Index
Thigh
Tomography, X-Ray Computed