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Diverticulosis of the colon is a common condition of increasing age. Complications of diverticulitis including stricture, perforation and fistula formation often require surgery. Perforated diverticulitis may rarely present with spreading superficial sepsis. We describe for the first time, to our knowledge, a case of retroperitoneal diverticula perforation presenting as necrotising fasciitis of the leg necessitating hind-quarter amputation.

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Author

Timothy J Underwood; Jeremy Southgate; Robert Talbot; Guy F Nash

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2006-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1749-7922)

Published

2008

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)