World Journal of Emergency Surgery (Mar 2008)
Metastatic Gas gangrene and Colonic Perforation: a case report
Abstract
Abstract Clostridium septicum myonecrosis is associated with diabetes, colorectal and haematological malignancies. We present a case of metastatic myonecrosis in a diabetic patient with a perforated caecal tumour. The literature since 1989 is reviewed and 28 cases of Clostridium septicum myonecrosis are discussed.