Clostridial myonecrosis in association with etoposide therapy presenting as severe thigh pain.
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Cancer Research Campaign Department of Medical Oncology and Department of Pathology, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester M20 9BX, UK.Issue Date
1986-05
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The case is described of a 68 year old man who was immunosuppressed as a result of receiving chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer and who presented with severe right thigh pain. This proved to be due to clostridial myonecrosis with none of the classical clinical features of clostridial infection. This is believed to be the first reported case of spontaneous clostridial infection associated with etoposide administration.Citation
Clostridial myonecrosis in association with etoposide therapy presenting as severe thigh pain. 1986, 62 (727):403-4 Postgrad Med JJournal
Postgraduate Medical JournalDOI
10.1136/pgmj.62.727.403PubMed ID
3763552Type
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0032-5473ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1136/pgmj.62.727.403
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