Gas gangrene without wound: both lower extremities affected simultaneously |
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Authors: | Lu Jun Wu Xiao-Tao Kong Xiang-Fei Tang Wen-Hao Cheng Jian-Ming Wang Hai-Liang |
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Institution: | Orthopaedics Department of ZhongDa Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. |
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Abstract: | Gas gangrene is a necrotizing soft tissue infection characterized by muscular necrosis and gas formation. It develops quickly and can cause septic shock and death. In adults, gas gangrene used to be a well-known complication of war wounds. Recently, cases of spontaneous or nontraumatic gas gangrene have been reported in both adults and children. We report a case of nontraumatic gas gangrene involving both the lower extremities simultaneously. Pathogenesis of this fatal soft tissue infection is discussed.We also review the diagnosis and treatment aspects of this entity. |
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