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Case Reports
. 2023 Nov 6;195(43):E1482.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.230822.

An unusual cause of neck cellulitis

George Rakovich  1 , Bartosz Adamovicz  2 , Alexandre Dugas  2
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Case Reports

An unusual cause of neck cellulitis

George Rakovich et al. CMAJ. .

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Competing interests: George Rakovich reports funding from TransMedTech Institute. No other competing interests were declared.

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(A) Cellulitis of the neck from colonic diverticulitis in a 55-year-old woman with previous reconstruction of esophageal atresia using a segment of colon. (B) A contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan showed findings typical of diverticulitis, including a fluid-filled false diverticulum (arrow), bowel wall thickening, subcutaneous fat stranding and edema.
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