Fournier's gangrene: Clinical case and review of the literature

Arch Ital Urol Androl. 2016 Oct 5;88(3):237-238. doi: 10.4081/aiua.2016.3.237.

Abstract

Fournier's gangrene is a life-threatening acute necrotizing fasciitis of perianal,genitourinary and perineal areas. Nowadays, is well known that Fournier gangrene is almost never an idiopathic disease. In this article we report a case of a 70-year-old patient that initially was not treated properly. The gold standard therapy of the Fournier's gangrene remains today a complete, early and extended surgical debridement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Debridement / methods*
  • Fournier Gangrene / pathology
  • Fournier Gangrene / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*