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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Unusual infections associated with colorectal tumors may, in some instances, be the sole clue to presence of malignancy. The infections are either related to invasion of tissues or organs in close proximity to the tumor or secondary to distant seeding by transient bacteremia arising from necrotic tumors. The authors present one case of spontaneous crepitant cellulitis in the lower abdominal wall, associated with sigmoid tumor. The patient had abdominal pain in the left iliaca fossa, fever and skin necrosis of the lower abdominal wall in the last 4 hours. At surgery they performed debridement and excision of necrotic tissue (lower abdominal wall) and partial sigmoidectomy with sigmoid colostomy. The patient died 9 months after initial surgery. A study of tumor mass revealed an adenocarcinoma. The presence of crepitant cellulitis in a lower abdominal wall should result in a search for bowel perforation.
pubmed:language
por
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0004-2803
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
80-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Crepitant abdominal cellulitis: a rare clinical presentation of sigmoid tumor].
pubmed:affiliation
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports