Abdominal Necrotising Fascitis Mimicking Peritonitis in a Gatka Playing Indian Male: A Case Report
Published: November 1, 2016 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/23257.8897
Sonika Jha, Devinder Pal Singh
1. Junior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India.
2. Professor, Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sonika Jha,
Girls Hostel1 Rajindra Hospital, Patiala-147001, Punjab, India.
E-mail: sonikajha29@gmail.com
The present case report is of abdominal Necrotising Fascitis in a young Gatka player. The patient was clinically diagnosed to have peritonitis with plan for laparotomy but since ultrasound abdomen showed no free intra-abdominal fluid and any other pathology a Contrast Enhanced Computed tomography (CECT) abdomen was done. CECT showed fluid collections in rectus sheath and superficial fascia. Patient was thus, diagnosed as having abdominal myofascitis and treated accordingly. A review of literature showed that such a clinical presentation of this disease is quite rare and can lead to unnecessary laparotomy and delay in diagnosis leading to morbidity.
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