Gas gangrene after colonoscopy

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.

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Published inPostgraduate medical journal Vol. 77; no. 903; pp. 47 - 49
Main Authors Jamieson, N F, Willoughby, C P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine 01.01.2001
BMJ
Oxford University Press
BMJ Group
Subjects
Abdomen
Bacterial diseases
Bacterial sepsis
Biological and medical sciences
Biopsy
Case Reports
colonoscopy
Colonoscopy - adverse effects
Colorectal cancer
Endoscopy
Gangrene
gas gangrene
Gas Gangrene - etiology
Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Humerus
Infectious diseases
Inflammatory bowel disease
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mortality
Pain
Patients
Stomach. Duodenum. Small intestine. Colon. Rectum. Anus
Surveillance
Tumors
Human
Gas gangrene
Male
Malignant tumor
Biliary tract disease
Inflammatory disease
Infection
Case study
Concomitant disease
Colonoscopy
Bacteriosis
Digestive diseases
Intestinal disease
Adult
Complication
Endoscopy
Colon
Sclerosing cholangitis
Ulcerative colitis
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Summary: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.
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DOI:10.1136/pmj.77.903.47