Lower limb necrotising fasciitis descending from malignant colonic perforation: a rare pattern
Elliot Robbie, Seema Desai, Ashok Ramavath · 2024
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Description
Robbie, Desai, and Ramavath describe an unusual surgical emergency in this two thousand twenty-four case report. A man in his sixties with diabetes arrived with two weeks of knee pain, swelling, and dead skin on his calf. Scans showed gas under the skin, a sign of flesh-eating infection.
Cutting away the dead tissue revealed necrotising fasciitis running through the whole leg and tracking into the abdomen. Further imaging found the true source: a perforated sigmoid colon, and tissue tests confirmed an invasive colon cancer. Surgeons removed the damaged colon section and amputated at the hip, and the patient did well. The report warns doctors to look for an abdominal source when the infection's origin is unclear.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Elliot Robbie, Seema Desai, Ashok Ramavath |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 18 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |