Death resulting from Fournier gangrene secondary to thrombosis of very large hemorrhoids: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1715-1718

  Becker De Moura, Heveline ^a   Ribeiro Silva, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Fournier gangrene; Hemorrhoids; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CLOT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; FEVER; FOURNIER GANGRENE; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMORRHOID; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY SEVERITY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PUS; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; SEPSIS; TISSUE NECROSIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING;

FATAL OUTCOME; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HEMORRHOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 35348921405     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-007-9054-x     Document Type: Article

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