Fournier's gangrene as a complication of steroid enema use for treatment of radiation proctitis

Urology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 587-588

  Nabha, Kate S ^a,d   Badwan, Khalid ^a,b   Kerfoot, B Price ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENEMA; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; PROSTATE CANCER; SYMPTOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COLOSTOMY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ENEMA; FATAL OUTCOME; FOURNIER GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; PROCTITIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4444348173     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.05.034     Document Type: Article

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