Necrotizing myofasciitis: an atypical cause of "acute abdomen" in an immunocompromised child.
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Donnelly, LF; Frush, DP; O'Hara, SM; Bisset, GS
Published in: Pediatr Radiol
February 1998
We report the case of an immunocompromised 15-year-old boy who presented with symptoms mimicking an "acute abdomen" related to necrotizing myofasciitis of the anterior abdominal wall. CT demonstrated the abdominal wall process as the cause of the patient's symptoms and sonographically guided aspiration confirmed the diagnosis. Despite prompt diagnosis and aggressive surgical debridement, the infection continued to progress and the patient died within 24 h of presentation.
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Pediatr Radiol
DOI
ISSN
0301-0449
Publication Date
February 1998
Volume
28
Issue
2
Start / End Page
109 / 111
Location
Germany
Related Subject Headings
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Myositis
- Male
- Immunocompromised Host
- Humans
- Fatal Outcome
- Fasciitis, Necrotizing
- Diagnosis, Differential
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Donnelly, L. F., Frush, D. P., O’Hara, S. M., & Bisset, G. S. (1998). Necrotizing myofasciitis: an atypical cause of "acute abdomen" in an immunocompromised child. Pediatr Radiol, 28(2), 109–111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050306
Donnelly, L. F., D. P. Frush, S. M. O’Hara, and G. S. Bisset. “Necrotizing myofasciitis: an atypical cause of "acute abdomen" in an immunocompromised child.” Pediatr Radiol 28, no. 2 (February 1998): 109–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050306.
Donnelly LF, Frush DP, O’Hara SM, Bisset GS. Necrotizing myofasciitis: an atypical cause of "acute abdomen" in an immunocompromised child. Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Feb;28(2):109–11.
Donnelly, L. F., et al. “Necrotizing myofasciitis: an atypical cause of "acute abdomen" in an immunocompromised child.” Pediatr Radiol, vol. 28, no. 2, Feb. 1998, pp. 109–11. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s002470050306.
Donnelly LF, Frush DP, O’Hara SM, Bisset GS. Necrotizing myofasciitis: an atypical cause of "acute abdomen" in an immunocompromised child. Pediatr Radiol. 1998 Feb;28(2):109–111.
Published In
Pediatr Radiol
DOI
ISSN
0301-0449
Publication Date
February 1998
Volume
28
Issue
2
Start / End Page
109 / 111
Location
Germany
Related Subject Headings
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
- Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
- Myositis
- Male
- Immunocompromised Host
- Humans
- Fatal Outcome
- Fasciitis, Necrotizing
- Diagnosis, Differential