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Metastatic Gas gangrene and Colonic Perforation: a case report

Matthew J Powell*, Kishore K Sasapu and Christopher Macklin

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Mid Yorkshire NHS trust, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, Yorkshire, UK

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World Journal of Emergency Surgery 2008, 3:15 doi:10.1186/1749-7922-3-15

Published: 28 March 2008

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.