BMJ Case Reports

Perforated sigmoid diverticulitis presenting as Fournier’s gangrene

Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a fulminant necrotising fasciitis of the perineum and genital region. We report a rare case of FG secondary to retroperitoneal perforation of sigmoid diverticulitis in a ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Perforation Not Necessarily Poor Prognostic Factor in Patients With Metastatic CRC

Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) who experience colon perforation may have similar survival times to those without perforation. Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC) may ...
abcnews4

State Rep. Tom Hartnett hospitalized with perforated colon

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — A member of the South Carolina House of Representatives has been hospitalized by a medical emergency. State Rep. Tom Harnett suffered a perforated colon the morning of Jan. 19 ...
Medscape

Fish Bone or Cancer? 80-Year-Old’s Perforation Case

An 80-year-old man presented with progressive lower left-quadrant abdominal pain. Imaging studies identified a mass adjacent to the sigmoid colon, with features suggestive of an abscess, although no ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Lawsuit says Minnesota jail workers ignored pleas of man before he died of perforated bowel

MINNEAPOLISMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after spending days begging to be taken to a hospital, with pain so severe that he ...