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Underwood TJ, Southgate J, Talbot R, et al. Perforated diverticulitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg. World J Emerg Surg. 2008;3:10doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-3-10.
Underwood, T. J., Southgate, J., Talbot, R., & Nash, G. F. (2008). Perforated diverticulitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg. World journal of emergency surgery : WJES, 310. https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-3-10
Underwood, Timothy J, et al. "Perforated diverticulitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg." World journal of emergency surgery : WJES vol. 3 (2008): 10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-7922-3-10
Underwood TJ, Southgate J, Talbot R, Nash GF. Perforated diverticulitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg. World J Emerg Surg. 2008 Feb 27;3:10. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-3-10. PMID: 18304351; PMCID: PMC2267165.
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World J Emerg Surg. 2008 Feb 27;3:10. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-3-10.

Perforated diverticulitis presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg.

World journal of emergency surgery : WJES

Timothy J Underwood, Jeremy Southgate, Robert Talbot, Guy F Nash

Affiliations

  1. Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Longfleet Road, Poole, BH15 2JB, UK. [email protected].

PMID: 18304351 PMCID: PMC2267165 DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-3-10

Abstract

Diverticulosis of the colon is a common condition of increasing age. Complications of diverticulitis including stricture, perforation and fistula formation often require surgery. Perforated diverticulitis may rarely present with spreading superficial sepsis. We describe for the first time, to our knowledge, a case of retroperitoneal diverticula perforation presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg necessitating hind-quarter amputation.

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