Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Cervical Region following Extravasation Injury | Zendy

Özlem Gündeşlioğlu | Zendy; Emine Çiğdem Özen | Zendy

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Necrotizing Fasciitis of the Cervical Region following Extravasation Injury

Author(s) -

Özlem Gündeşlioğlu,

Emine Çiğdem Özen

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2012/941578

Subject(s) - fasciitis , medicine , extravasation , head and neck , surgical debridement , debridement (dental) , necrosis , sepsis , surgery , pathology

Necrotizing fasciitis is a rapidly progressive soft tissue infection that can cause local tissue destruction, necrosis, and life threatening severe sepsis. Necrotizing fasciitis in the head and neck region caused by an extravasation injury is rare. This paper reports a patient with necrotizing fasciitis of the cervical region caused by an extravasation injury which required an early surgical debridement.

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