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Case Reports
. 1998 Apr;93(4):657-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.189_b.x.

Fournier's gangrene: an unusual presentation for rectal carcinoma

R A Gamagami  1 , M Mostafavi, A Gamagami, F Lazorthes
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Case Reports

Fournier's gangrene: an unusual presentation for rectal carcinoma

R A Gamagami et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 Apr.

Abstract

We report a case of a large perforated adenocarcinoma of the rectum manifesting as an ischiorectal abscess progressing to Fournier's gangrene in an insulin-dependent diabetic man. Recognition and management of this rare syndrome in the setting of a common disease is discussed.

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