Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg

We report a case of subcutaneous emphysema caused by perforation of the rectum due to a carcinoma of the prostate. Although rare, an abdominal cause must always be considered as a rare differential diagnosis of subcutaneous emphysema. As a matter of fact adequate diagnostic with rapid treatment is e...

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Autores principales: Velickovic, Mirko, Hockertz, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27597913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5430637
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spelling pubmed-49970842016-09-05 Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg Velickovic, Mirko Hockertz, Thomas Case Rep Orthop Case Report We report a case of subcutaneous emphysema caused by perforation of the rectum due to a carcinoma of the prostate. Although rare, an abdominal cause must always be considered as a rare differential diagnosis of subcutaneous emphysema. As a matter of fact adequate diagnostic with rapid treatment is essential for the outcome. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4997084/ /pubmed/27597913 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5430637 Text en Copyright © 2016 M. Velickovic and T. Hockertz. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg
title Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg
title_full Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg
title_fullStr Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg
title_full_unstemmed Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg
title_short Perforation of an Occult Carcinoma of the Prostate as a Rare Differential Diagnosis of Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Leg
title_sort perforation of an occult carcinoma of the prostate as a rare differential diagnosis of subcutaneous emphysema of the leg
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4997084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27597913
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5430637
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