Insidious Fournier Gangrene: When the Radiologist Shows the Way to the Surgeon
Journal Title: Clinical Radiology & Imaging Journal - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Fournier’s gangrene is a rare and fulminant necrotizing fasciitis of the urogenital and perineal areas, most of the time from a polymicrobial origin. This condition needs immediate surgical drainage as well as broad-spectrum antibiotics. We present here a patient with Fournier’s gangrene that required intensive care management. Then, we describe the role of medical imaging for the diagnosis and the staging of this life threatening disease.
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Médart Laurent
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- DOI 10.23880/crij-16000129
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