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Angelica Abbate

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Necrotizing Soft Tissue Fasciitis after Intramuscular Injection

2018

Necrotizing soft tissue fasciitis (NSTIs) or necrotizing fasciitis is an infrequent and serious infection. Herein, we describe the clinical course of a female patient who received a diagnosis of NSTIs after gluteus intramuscular injection. We also report the results of our review of published papers from 1997 to 2017. Since now, 19 cases of NSTIs following intramuscular injections have been described. We focus on the correlation between intramuscular injection and NSTIs onset, especially in immunosuppressed patients treated with corticosteroids, suffering from chronic diseases or drug addicted. Intramuscular injections can provoke severe tissue trauma, representing local portal of infection…

Drug injectionmedicine.medical_specialtyNecrosisnecrotizing fasciitisbusiness.industryClinical courselcsh:SurgerySoft tissueCase ReportSerious infectionlcsh:RD1-811medicine.diseaseSurgery030207 dermatology & venereal diseases03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineMedicinePharmacology (medical)030212 general & internal medicineRisk factormedicine.symptombusinessIntramuscular injectionFasciitisCase Reports in Surgery
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End-Stage Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Presenting as a Sister Mary Joseph's Nodule.

2017

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyFatal outcomeSkin NeoplasmsAdenocarcinomaDiagnosis Differential03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineFatal OutcomeX ray computedMedicineHumansStage (cooking)Sister Mary Joseph's NoduleNeoplasm StagingUmbilicusbusiness.industryGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseasePancreatic Neoplasms030220 oncology & carcinogenesisAdenocarcinoma030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyNeoplasm stagingRadiologybusinessTomography X-Ray Computedpancreatic adenocarcinoma sister Mary Joseph's noduleBiomarkersThe American surgeon
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