Necrotising soft tissue infection of the lower limb due to a perforated caecal carcinoma: a case report

INTRODUCTION: We report the first case to our knowledge where an ascending colorectal tumour presented as a necrotising lower leg infection. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the unusual presentation of a previously unknown caecal carcinoma in a 69-year-old Caucasian man, which presented as a rapidly s...

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Autores principales: Timbrell, Simon J, Straiton, David, Breaks, Elliot, Sillah, Karim, Khan, Neil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3948044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24580985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-80

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3948044/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24580985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-80

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