Necrotizing myonecrosis secondary to hematogenous spread of gas gangrene following colonic perforation

Int J Colorectal Dis. 2016 Jan;31(1):157-8. doi: 10.1007/s00384-015-2185-y. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Authors

Tafadzwa P Makarawo¹, John Shea², Lauren Smithson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, 16001 W Nine Mile Road, Southfield, MI, 48075, USA. taffyowm@yahoo.com.
² Department of Surgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, 16001 W Nine Mile Road, Southfield, MI, 48075, USA.

PMID: 25787163
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-015-2185-y

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Clostridium septicum
Colectomy
Debridement
Female
Gas Gangrene / complications*
Gas Gangrene / diagnostic imaging
Gas Gangrene / surgery
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / complications*
Intestinal Perforation / diagnostic imaging
Intestinal Perforation / surgery
Middle Aged
Muscular Diseases / etiology*
Muscular Diseases / pathology*
Muscular Diseases / surgery
Necrosis / etiology*
Necrosis / pathology*
Necrosis / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed