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Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion
Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion is extremely rare. We present a case of ingested fish bone complicated with self-sealing small bowel perforation and abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis. Following principles of necrotising fasciitis, a high index of suspicion le...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26163558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv078 |
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author | Lo, Samuel T.W. Leung, Siu Lan Tang, Chung Ngai |
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description | Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion is extremely rare. We present a case of ingested fish bone complicated with self-sealing small bowel perforation and abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis. Following principles of necrotising fasciitis, a high index of suspicion led to early diagnosis and early treatment. The patient enjoyed a good recovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-44980172015-07-15 Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion Lo, Samuel T.W. Leung, Siu Lan Tang, Chung Ngai J Surg Case Rep Case Reports Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion is extremely rare. We present a case of ingested fish bone complicated with self-sealing small bowel perforation and abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis. Following principles of necrotising fasciitis, a high index of suspicion led to early diagnosis and early treatment. The patient enjoyed a good recovery. Oxford University Press 2015-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC4498017/ /pubmed/26163558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv078 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Lo, Samuel T.W. Leung, Siu Lan Tang, Chung Ngai Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion |
title | Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion |
title_full | Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion |
title_fullStr | Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion |
title_full_unstemmed | Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion |
title_short | Abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion |
title_sort | abdominal wall necrotising fasciitis secondary to fish bone ingestion |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498017/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26163558 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv078 |
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