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Vol. 96. Issue 7.
Pages 450 (August - September 2018)
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Vol. 96. Issue 7.
Pages 450 (August - September 2018)
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Thigh Necrotizing Fasciitis Secondary to Perforated Sigmoid Diverticulitis
Fascitis necrosante del muslo secundaria a diverticulitis sigmoidea perforada
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Jorge Sancho Muriel
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, Matteo Frasson, Salvador Pous, Eduardo García-Granero
Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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A 92-year-old woman was brought to the emergency room due to confusion over the previous 4 days. The examination revealed diffuse abdominal pain, without peritonism, together with subcutaneous emphysema on the left thigh. The blood panel demonstrated marked leukocytosis (46 × 103/μL) together with acute kidney failure and hyperkalemia. Computed tomography showed acute diverticulitis with a pelvic abscess (Fig. 1A arrowhead), fistulized to the left thigh, causing necrotizing fasciitis in that area (Fig. 1B). The patient died in the hours following her admission as a result of septic shock.

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Please cite this article as: Muriel JS, Frasson M, Pous S, García-Granero E. Fascitis necrosante del muslo secundaria a diverticulitis sigmoidea perforada. Cir Esp. 2018;96:450.

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