Perforated carcinoma of the caecum presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the abdominal wall, the key to early diagnosis and management

BACKGROUND: Necrotising Fasciitis is a life threatening soft tissue infection which requires aggressive, early surgical management. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a rare case of a retroperitoneal perforation of a carcinoma of the caecum presenting as a necrotising fasciitis of the anterior abdominal...

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Autores principales: Marron, Conor D, McArdle, Gerarde T, Rao, Milind, Sinclair, Stephen, Moorehead, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1615875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17010190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-6-11

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