Fulminant abdominal gas gangrene in metastatic colon cancer
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Bozkurt, MustafaOkutur, Kerem
Aydin, Kubra
Namal, Esat
Ozturk, Akin
Balci, Cem
Demir, Gokhan
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We report a case of fulminant abdominal gas gangrene in a patient with metastatic colon cancer. A 39-year-old patient with descending colon, high-grade adenocarcinoma and coexisting liver and lymph node metastases received two courses of chemotherapy. The patient developed sudden acute abdominal symptoms accompanied by septic shock parameters. The imaging findings on computed tomography were characteristic for abdominal gas gangrene, involving liver metastases, portal vein and lymph nodes with associated pneumoperitoneum. The patient succumbed to the disease within hours following the onset of symptoms.