[Gas gangrene disclosing colonic cancer. Role of synergistic gangrene]

J M Guérin; J Mourot; O Tibourtine; P E Lebiez; F Luvungula N'say; G Friedberg; J M Segrestaa

doi:10.1016/s0248-8663(84)80014-4

[Gas gangrene disclosing colonic cancer. Role of synergistic gangrene]

Rev Med Interne. 1984 Nov;5(4):357-61. doi: 10.1016/s0248-8663(84)80014-4.

[Article in French]

Authors

J M Guérin, J Mourot, O Tibourtine, P E Lebiez, F Luvungula N'say, G Friedberg, J M Segrestaa

PMID: 6522885
DOI: 10.1016/s0248-8663(84)80014-4

Abstract

After reporting a case of synergistic gas gangrene of the retroperitoneum spreading to the thigh, revealing a carcinoma of the descending colon, the authors review the symptomatology and management of synergistic gas gangrene defined as a gas gangrene due to anaerobic non clostridial bacilli, and aerobic flora and emphasize the exceptional nature of its association with a carcinoma of the colon.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Colonic Neoplasms / complications*
Colonic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Gas Gangrene / diagnostic imaging
Gas Gangrene / etiology*
Gas Gangrene / microbiology
Humans
Male
Radiography