Abdominal Wall Non-Clostridian Gas Cellulitis: a Rare Complication of a Colostoma
A. Maier, L. BoieriuClinical case, no. 5, 2014
The authors report the case of a 69 year-old patient, withobesity, having a left colostomy that has been made for rectalcancer (12 years ago) and who developed a non-clostridian gascellulitis of the abdominal wall as a result of intraparietal traumatic tract perforation of the colostomy. The presenceof the peristomal hernia favoured the posttraumatic injury of thecolostomy. Repeated surgical inteventions and the antibiotictreatment determined a favourable evolution. Despite thewound contamination with excrement, transit stoma relocationwas not necessary. Some clinical and therapeutic aspects ofabdominal wall infections are presented.
