ArticleBMJ case reports2015
Necrotising fasciitis secondary to perforated rectal adenocarcinoma presenting as a thigh swelling.
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- Abdominal Necrotizing Fasciitis Secondary to Perforated Colon Cancer.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2025Article
- Perforated Rectal Cancer Presenting With Symptoms of Sciatic Nerve Compression: A Case Report.Case reports in surgery · 2025Article
- Lower limb necrotising fasciitis descending from malignant colonic perforation: a rare pattern.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- [Analysis of clinical data of necrotizing fasciitis secondary to intestinal fistulas and screening the mortality risk factors].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2024Observational
- Lower extremity necrotizing fasciitis with iliopsoas abscess secondary to perforated colon cancer: a diagnosis not to miss.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Necrotising fasciitis secondary to a perforated hepatic flexure tumour - A case report.International journal of surgery case reports · 2023Article
- Necrotising Myofasciitis of the Lower Limb Secondary to Extra-Peritoneal Rectal Perforation.Cureus · 2022Article
- Not your usual hip pain: necrotising fasciitis secondary to sigmoid perforation.BMJ case reports · 2019Article
- Necrotising fasciitis caused by metastatic endometrial cancer: a rare cause of a life-threatening condition.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2017Article
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Abstract
A 62-year-old man was admitted to the medical admissions ward with right thigh pain presumed to be a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Subsequent duplex ultrasonography excluded a DVT but noted the presence of a significant amount of subcutaneous gas. A plain film radiograph was performed with the same finding raising the possibility of necrotising fasciitis (NF). Only at this point was digital rectal examination performed revealing a large rectal mass oozing pus and blood. CT imaging showed thickening of the rectum consistent with a tumour with gas and fluid in the perirectal space extending to the anterolateral right femur. Despite aggressive debridement and treatment, the patient deteriorated and died 6 weeks later. This case should serve as a reminder to consider digital rectal examination and the occurrence of a rectal perforation in all patients who present with suspicious thigh swellings.
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