Spontaneous gas gangrene of the lower limb in a patient with rectal cancer: A fatal diagnostic pitfall.
Clin Case Rep
; 10(9): e6311, 2022 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-36177081
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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Diagnostic_studies
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Clin Case Rep
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2022
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