Gas gangrene after colonoscopy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of spontaneous clostridial myonecrosis developing shortly after diagnostic colonoscopy is described. The prime underlying factor proved to be an unsuspected colonic cancer, developing in a patient with pre-existing ulcerative colitis and sclerosing cholangitis.
Medical subject headings
- Colonoscopy
- Gas Gangrene