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ArticleClinical case reports2022

Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall.

Mohamed Farès Mahjoubi, Bochra Rezgui, Aymen Mabrouk, Nada Essid, Laila Jedidi, Mounir Ben Moussa

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A dark threat to a developing country: gas gangrene of the lower limb is still proving its existence.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohamed Farès MahjoubiDepartment of Surgery A Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1643-4204
Bochra RezguiDepartment of Surgery A Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3844-1154
Aymen MabroukDepartment of Surgery A Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia.
Nada EssidDepartment of Surgery A Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia.
Laila JedidiDepartment of Surgery A Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia.
Mounir Ben MoussaDepartment of Surgery A Charles Nicolle Hospital Tunis Tunisia.
Tunis University · TNHôpital Charles-Nicolle · TN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spontaneous gas gangrene of lower limb is rare. It may complicate digestive cancer or neutropenia. We report a case of spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb complicating a rectal cancer, initially diagnosed as deep vein thrombosis. The diagnostic delay was fatal.

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delayed diagnosisgas gangrenerectal neoplasms

Identifiers

PMID36177081
PMCPMC9474909
OpenAlexW4296119072

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