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Retroperitoneal perforation of duodenal ulcer presenting as scrotal sepsis
1Department of General Surgery, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh.
International Journal of Clinical Practice
|April 16, 1998
Abstract:
Retroperitoneal extravasation is an extremely uncommon complication of duodenal ulcer perforation. The preoperative diagnosis is difficult and may even by missed at operation. There were 25 cases reported in the literature. Only one patient was correctly diagnosed preoperatively and only seven patients survived. We describe the first case of retroperitoneal extravasation from perforated duodenal ulcer presenting as scrotal sepsis.