[Gas gangrene disclosing colonic cancer. Role of synergistic gangrene]. / Gangrène gazeuse révélant un cancer colique. Place de la gangrène synergistique.

After reporting a case of synergistic gas gangrene of the retroperitoneum spreading to the thigh, revealing a carcinoma of the descending colon, the authors review the symptomatology and management of synergistic gas gangrene defined as a gas gangrene due to anaerobic non clostridial bacilli, and aerobic flora and emphasize the exceptional nature of its association with a carcinoma of the colon.