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Fournier's gangrene: an unusual presentation for rectal carcinoma
R A Gamagami1, M Mostafavi, A Gamagami
1Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, USA.
The American Journal of Gastroenterology
|May 12, 1998
Abstract:
We report a case of a large perforated adenocarcinoma of the rectum manifesting as an ischiorectal abscess progressing to Fournier's gangrene in an insulin-dependent diabetic man. Recognition and management of this rare syndrome in the setting of a common disease is discussed.