Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report
Blunt Trauma Chest (BTC) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Although rib fractures, haemothorax, pneumothorax and lung contusions are often found in tandem in BTC, delayed necrotising soft tissue infection (NSTI) without any penetrating injuries or overt puncture wounds...
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| author | Binayak Deb V.M. Balasubramani Ram Varaham Ramesh Vaidyanathan |
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| description | Blunt Trauma Chest (BTC) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Although rib fractures, haemothorax, pneumothorax and lung contusions are often found in tandem in BTC, delayed necrotising soft tissue infection (NSTI) without any penetrating injuries or overt puncture wounds have rarely been reported. We report a 61-year-old patient with uncontrolled diabetes, admitted after a motor vehicle collision with head, chest and lower limb injuries and discharged after 9 days of stay in the hospital. He returned with NSTI of the chest wall around a week later with a fulminant clinical course ultimately leading to septic shock, multi-organ dysfunction and demise of the patient. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-dde9611eff134eff8cf3e8f1333b4a3e2025-08-20T03:45:06ZengElsevierTrauma Case Reports2352-64402025-05-015710116810.1016/j.tcr.2025.101168Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case reportBinayak Deb0V.M. Balasubramani1Ram Varaham2Ramesh Vaidyanathan3Trauma Intensive care unit, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaTrauma Intensive care unit, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; Corresponding author at: 4th floor, A block, trauma ICU, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.Trauma Intensive care unit, Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaDepartment of Trauma surgery, Ganga medical Centre and Hospitals Private Limited, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, IndiaBlunt Trauma Chest (BTC) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Although rib fractures, haemothorax, pneumothorax and lung contusions are often found in tandem in BTC, delayed necrotising soft tissue infection (NSTI) without any penetrating injuries or overt puncture wounds have rarely been reported. We report a 61-year-old patient with uncontrolled diabetes, admitted after a motor vehicle collision with head, chest and lower limb injuries and discharged after 9 days of stay in the hospital. He returned with NSTI of the chest wall around a week later with a fulminant clinical course ultimately leading to septic shock, multi-organ dysfunction and demise of the patient.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352644025000457Blunt trauma chestDelayed necrotising soft tissue infectionSeptic shock |
| spellingShingle | Binayak Deb V.M. Balasubramani Ram Varaham Ramesh Vaidyanathan Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report Trauma Case Reports Blunt trauma chest Delayed necrotising soft tissue infection Septic shock |
| title | Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report |
| title_full | Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report |
| title_short | Delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi-organ failure: A case report |
| title_sort | delayed chest wall abscess after blunt trauma chest leading to multi organ failure a case report |
| topic | Blunt trauma chest Delayed necrotising soft tissue infection Septic shock |
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