Fatal retroperitoneal gas gangrene complicating colonoscopic polypectomy without bowel perforation in a healthy adult

MeSH terms

• Clostridium Infections / complications*
• Clostridium perfringens*
• Colonic Polyps / surgery*
• Colonoscopy / adverse effects*
• Fatal Outcome
• Gangrene / microbiology
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
• Retropneumoperitoneum / microbiology