A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use

Anabolic steroids have attracted attention from the media with regard to misuse, but overuse of medically prescribed steroids also has a propensity to cause harm. Gluteal necrotising soft tissue infections are an uncommon presentation for plastic surgeons, and therefore, abdominal sources may be ove...

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Autores principales: Nowicki, Jake, Rego, Mariana, Dean, Nicola R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Reports and Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32158880
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2019.03.004
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description Anabolic steroids have attracted attention from the media with regard to misuse, but overuse of medically prescribed steroids also has a propensity to cause harm. Gluteal necrotising soft tissue infections are an uncommon presentation for plastic surgeons, and therefore, abdominal sources may be overlooked. We report a rare case of a 57-year-old male who presented with a necrotising lower limb infection on a background of long-term corticosteroid overuse and recurrent pelvic anastomotic leaks.
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spelling pubmed-70616592020-03-10 A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use Nowicki, Jake Rego, Mariana Dean, Nicola R. JPRAS Open Case Reports and Short Communication Anabolic steroids have attracted attention from the media with regard to misuse, but overuse of medically prescribed steroids also has a propensity to cause harm. Gluteal necrotising soft tissue infections are an uncommon presentation for plastic surgeons, and therefore, abdominal sources may be overlooked. We report a rare case of a 57-year-old male who presented with a necrotising lower limb infection on a background of long-term corticosteroid overuse and recurrent pelvic anastomotic leaks. Elsevier 2019-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7061659/ /pubmed/32158880 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2019.03.004 Text en Crown Copyright © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use
title A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use
title_full A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use
title_fullStr A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use
title_full_unstemmed A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use
title_short A case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use
title_sort case report of a sub-clinical necrotising lower limb infection secondary to pelvic anastomotic leak and chronic corticosteroid use
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061659/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpra.2019.03.004
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