Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Cervical Region following Extravasation Injury

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection that can cause local tissue destruction, necrosis, and life threatening severe sepsis. Necrotizing fasciitis in the head and neck region caused by an extravasation injury is rare. This paper reports a patient with necrotizing fasci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gündeşlioğlu, Ayşe Özlem, Özen, Emine Çiğdem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3521693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23251188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/941578
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Sumario:Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection that can cause local tissue destruction, necrosis, and life threatening severe sepsis. Necrotizing fasciitis in the head and neck region caused by an extravasation injury is rare. This paper reports a patient with necrotizing fasciitis of the cervical region caused by an extravasation injury which required an early surgical debridement.

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