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Massive gas gangrene secondary to occult colon carcinoma.

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Griffin, AS; Crawford, MD; Gupta, RT
Published in: Radiol Case Rep
June 2016

Gas gangrene is a rare but often fatal soft-tissue infection. Because it is uncommon and the classic symptom of crepitus does not appear until the infection is advanced, prompt diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion. We present a case report of a middle-aged man who presented with acute onset lower-extremity pain that was initially thought to be due to deep vein thrombosis. After undergoing workup for pulmonary embolism, he was found to have massive gas gangrene of the lower extremity secondary to an occult colon adenocarcinoma and died within hours of presentation from multisystem organ failure.

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Radiol Case Rep

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1930-0433

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

11

Issue

2

Start / End Page

67 / 69

Location

Netherlands
 

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Griffin, A. S., Crawford, M. D., & Gupta, R. T. (2016). Massive gas gangrene secondary to occult colon carcinoma. Radiol Case Rep, 11(2), 67–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.02.006
Griffin, Andrew S., Matthew D. Crawford, and Rajan T. Gupta. “Massive gas gangrene secondary to occult colon carcinoma.Radiol Case Rep 11, no. 2 (June 2016): 67–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2016.02.006.
Griffin AS, Crawford MD, Gupta RT. Massive gas gangrene secondary to occult colon carcinoma. Radiol Case Rep. 2016 Jun;11(2):67–9.
Griffin, Andrew S., et al. “Massive gas gangrene secondary to occult colon carcinoma.Radiol Case Rep, vol. 11, no. 2, June 2016, pp. 67–69. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2016.02.006.
Griffin AS, Crawford MD, Gupta RT. Massive gas gangrene secondary to occult colon carcinoma. Radiol Case Rep. 2016 Jun;11(2):67–69.
Journal cover image

Published In

Radiol Case Rep

DOI

ISSN

1930-0433

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

11

Issue

2

Start / End Page

67 / 69

Location

Netherlands