World Journal of Emergency Surgery (Mar 2008)

Metastatic Gas gangrene and Colonic Perforation: a case report

  • Sasapu Kishore K,
  • Powell Matthew J,
  • Macklin Christopher

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-3-15
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
p. 15

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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.