ArticleWorld journal of surgical oncology2009
Retroperitoneal abscess complicated with necrotizing fasciitis of the thigh in a patient with sigmoid colon cancer.
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- Retroperitoneal necrotizing soft tissue infections: A case report and literature review.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Necrotizing fasciitis of the thigh due to penetrated descending colon cancer: a case report.Surgical case reports · 2018Article
- Clinical signs of retroperitoneal abscess from colonic perforation: Two case reports and literature review.Medicine · 2018Review
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- Retroperitoneal Necrotizing Fasciitis from Fournier's Gangrene in an Immunocompromised Patient.Case reports in surgery · 2017Article
- Necrotising fasciitis secondary to perforated rectal adenocarcinoma presenting as a thigh swelling.BMJ case reports · 2015Article
- Retroperitoneal abscess shortly after chemotherapy for lung cancer: A case report.Molecular and clinical oncology · 2014Article
- A rare case of perforated descending colon cancer complicated with a fistula and abscess of left iliopsoas and ipsilateral obturator muscle.Case reports in surgery · 2014Article
- Necrotizing Fasciitis - report of ten cases and review of recent literature.Journal of medicine and life · 2013Review
- Necrotising fasciitis of the thigh.BMJ case reports · 2013Article
- Necrotizing fasciitis of the thigh secondary to radiation colitis in a rectal cancer patient.Journal of the Korean Society of Coloproctology · 2012Article
- Retroperitoneal necrotizing fasciitis presenting with peritonism in a 33-year-old Nepalese man: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2012Article
- Colon cancer perforation presenting as a strangulating ventral hernia.Case reports in oncology · 2012Article
- Retroperitoneal metastatic adenocarcinoma complicated with necrotizing fasciitis of the thigh in a patient with advanced rectal colon cancer.Case reports in oncology · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundNecrotizing fasciitis of the thigh due to the colon cancer, especially during chemotherepy, has not been previously reported. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old man admitted to the hospital was diagnosed with sigmoid colon cancer that had spread to the left psoas muscle. Multiple hepatic metastases were also found, and combination chemotherapy with irinotecan and S-1 was administered. Four months after the initiation of chemotherapy, the patient developed gait disturbance and high fever and was therefore admitted to the emergency department of our hospital. Blood examination revealed generalized inflammation with a high C-reactive protein level. Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis showed gas and fluid collection in the retroperitoneum adjacent to the sigmoid colon cancer. The abscess was locally drained under computed tomographic guidance; however, the infection continued to spread and necrotizing fasciitis developed. Consequently, emergent debridement was performed. The patient recovered well, and the primary tumor was resected after remission of the local inflammation.
conclusionNecrotizing fasciitis of the thigh due to the spread of sigmoid colon cancer is unusual, but this fatal complication should be considered during chemotherapy for patients with unresectable colorectal cancer.
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