PHLEGMONOUS ENTEROCOLITIS - A RARE FORM OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE

Authors
MOORE JWE SWEENEY JL PENFOLD B BIGNOLD LP
Citation
Jwe. Moore et al., PHLEGMONOUS ENTEROCOLITIS - A RARE FORM OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL-DISEASE, Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 65(10), 1995, pp. 763-765
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00048682
Volume
65
Issue
10
Year of publication
1995
Pages
763 - 765
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-8682(1995)65:10<763:PE-ARF>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Phlegmonous enterocolitis is a rarely encountered and almost universal ly fatal bacterial infection seen most often in the alcoholic populati on. Despite being first described in 1842, fewer than 60 cases have be en reported. The role of surgical management in this condition is unkn own. We present a case of phlegmonous enterocolitis with a successful outcome after total colectomy.