JUVENILE GANGRENE

Fournier’s gangrene

An 80-year-old diabetic man (type 2) with detrusor underactivity treated by long-term urethral catheterization attended the emergency department with a 4-day history of scrotal swelling and pain and an associated offensive discharge. Physical examination revealed a grossly swollen right hemi-scrotum with gangrene. Crepitus and erythema were noted over the discolored area, extending into the rig...

Breast Gangrene

BACKGROUND Breast gangrene is rare in surgical practice. Gangrene of breast can be idiopathic or secondary to some causative factor. Antibiotics and debridement are used for management. Acute inflammatory infiltrate, severe necrosis of breast tissue, necrotizing arteritis, and venous thrombosis is observed on histopathology. The aim of was to study patients who had breast gangrene. METHODS A ...

Gas Gangrene

Fournier Gangrene

A 51-year-old male with hepatitis C and a history of intravenous (IV) drug use presented to the emergency department, reporting one day of worsening scrotal pain and swelling. He denied diabetes, trauma, or infection with HIV. His genitourinary examination revealed a draining lesion in his left inguinal region with surrounding induration and cellulitis extending onto his perineum. His scrotum w...

Symmetrical Gangrene

Symmetrical gangrene is a condition in which gangrene occurs in all four limbs, the nose and ears at the same time. This is a rare condition and only very few cases have been recorded. A number of conditions can cause symmetrical gangrene. These areas, i.e. the limbs, the ears and the nose, represent the outposts of the cardiovascular system. When the body needs to conserve, it conserves at the...