Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall

Spontaneous gas gangrene of lower limb is rare. It may complicate digestive cancer or neutropenia. We report a case of spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb complicating a rectal cancer, initially diagnosed as deep vein thrombosis. The diagnostic delay was fatal.

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Autores principales: Mahjoubi, Mohamed Farès, Rezgui, Bochra, Mabrouk, Aymen, Essid, Nada, Jedidi, Laila, Ben Moussa, Mounir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9474909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36177081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6311
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author Mahjoubi, Mohamed Farès
Rezgui, Bochra
Mabrouk, Aymen
Essid, Nada
Jedidi, Laila
Ben Moussa, Mounir
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spelling pubmed-94749092022-09-28 Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall Mahjoubi, Mohamed Farès Rezgui, Bochra Mabrouk, Aymen Essid, Nada Jedidi, Laila Ben Moussa, Mounir Clin Case Rep Case Report Spontaneous gas gangrene of lower limb is rare. It may complicate digestive cancer or neutropenia. We report a case of spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb complicating a rectal cancer, initially diagnosed as deep vein thrombosis. The diagnostic delay was fatal. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9474909/ /pubmed/36177081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6311 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Mahjoubi, Mohamed Farès
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Mabrouk, Aymen
Essid, Nada
Jedidi, Laila
Ben Moussa, Mounir
Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall
title Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall
title_full Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall
title_fullStr Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall
title_short Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall
title_sort spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: a fatal diagnostic pitfall
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9474909/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6311
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