Spontaneous Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis: Case report, radiologic findings, and literature review

The utility of computed tomography (CT) has not been studied in the initial evaluation of a patient with suspected spontaneous Clostridial myonecrosis. Here, we present a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and neutropenia who developed spontaneous Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis aft...

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Autores principales: Dontchos, Brian N., Ricca, Robert, Meehan, John J., Swanson, Jonathan O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4900111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27330636
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v8i3.806
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author Dontchos, Brian N.
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description The utility of computed tomography (CT) has not been studied in the initial evaluation of a patient with suspected spontaneous Clostridial myonecrosis. Here, we present a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and neutropenia who developed spontaneous Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis after induction chemotherapy. Although suspected, the patient’s symptoms and physical exam findings were not specific for Clostridial myonecrosis. CT confirmed the diagnosis and helped direct surgical intervention.
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spelling pubmed-49001112016-06-17 Spontaneous Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis: Case report, radiologic findings, and literature review Dontchos, Brian N. Ricca, Robert Meehan, John J. Swanson, Jonathan O. Radiol Case Rep Article The utility of computed tomography (CT) has not been studied in the initial evaluation of a patient with suspected spontaneous Clostridial myonecrosis. Here, we present a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and neutropenia who developed spontaneous Clostridium perfringens myonecrosis after induction chemotherapy. Although suspected, the patient’s symptoms and physical exam findings were not specific for Clostridial myonecrosis. CT confirmed the diagnosis and helped direct surgical intervention. Elsevier 2015-11-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4900111/ /pubmed/27330636 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v8i3.806 Text en © 2013 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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