by Extivita | Apr 1, 1987 | Cancer
Abstract: A diabetic woman developed spontaneous gas gangrene of upper limb extending into trunk and due to clostridium septicum. Recovery was obtained after major surgery involving disarticulation of upper limb and excision of soft tissues of left hemithorax, and a...
by Extivita | Oct 1, 1986 | Carcinoma
Abstract: Physicians are aware of the association between massively contaminated wounds and clostridial myonecrosis, or gas gangrene. A far less common but equally devastating presentation is that of nontraumatic or spontaneous gas gangrene. The most frequently...