Acute esophageal necrosis is a rare condition associated with a poor prognosis. It typically presents with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and diagnosis is established via upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Its etiology is often multifactorial and recommendations regarding its management and treatment are scarce and of low evidence level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPyomyositis, a purulent infection of an individual muscle group, is an infrequent condition, mostly occurring in immunocompromised patients. It is often caused by Staphylococcus aureus and most of the time restricted to a single muscle group, with disseminated presentations being exceptionally rare. We present a case of severe pyogenic myositis with disseminated muscle involvement, presenting as a septic shock in an immunocompromised patient.
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