Hospital Physician January 2008 39 S pontaneous gangrene of the scrotum was described for the first time in 1753 by Boerhaave,1 who reported on a 40-year-old man with urinary retention. Since that time, several authors have reported similar cases of spontaneous gangrene of the scrotum and penis with associated diseases such as systemic infections, diabetes, urinary extravasations and infiltrati...

When World War II began, some of the experimental results obtained on animals indicated that sulfonamides applied locally and taken by mouth might prevent infections with anaerobes of the gas gangrene group. It became evident, even in the Western Desert and Tunisia, that anaerobic infections would occur in spite of sulfonamide prophylaxis. When the fighting took place on the more cultivated soi...

Fournier's gangrene, rare but life threatening disease, is characterized by an acute necrotic infection of the scrotum, penis, or perineum. Fournier's gangrene is a mixed infection caused by both aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Fournier's gangrene caused by multidrug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported rarely. The mainstay of treatment is prompt recognition and a combination of...

conclusions traumatic abdominal wall hernia tawh, although uncommon, is associated with significant rate of morbidity and mortality in cases of delayed diagnosis and intervention. early intervention leads to a significantly better outcome. introduction acute abdominal wall rupture with visceral herniation due to blunt traumas and bowel incarceration or perforation are generally rare phenomena. ...

background : fourniers gangrene caused by synergic aerobic and anaerobic organism is a life threatening disorder.   methods : the medical records of 8 among 839 patients admitted to imam ali general hospital zahedan university of medical sciences with fourniers gangrene during the 10 months period between 2012 and 2013 were reviewed.   results : the most common etiology and presentation were ab...

Fournier’s gangrene is a necrotising fasciitis of the genitalia. Jean Alfred Fournier (18321914) was the first French syphilologist, the first professor of cutaneous and syphilitic diseases at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and the most prominent European venereologist of the second half of the 19th century. He first described idiopathic, rapily progressive necrotizing gangrene of the male geni...

Peripheral gangrene, characterized by distal ischemia of the extremities, is a rare complication in patients with falciparum malaria. Patients with this complication have generally undergone early amputation of the affected areas. In this report, we describe 3 adult Thai patients presented at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Bangkok, with high grade of fever ranged 6-9 days, jaundice, acute ...

Fournier's gangrene is the necrotizing fasciitis of perianal, genitourinary, and perineal regions. Herein, we present a case of scrotal Fournier's gangrene as a postoperative complication of inguinal hernia repair. A 51-year-old male with giant indirect hernia is presented. Patient underwent inguinal hernia repair, and after an unproblematic recovery period, he was discharged. He applied to our...

Gas gangrene is one of the most serious infections of traumatic and surgical wounds. The importance lies in the fact that, if not managed at the right time, the condition is fatal. Though perianal cellulitis and gangrene are commonly reported in immunocompromised patients, we report the case of a patient with gas gangrene involving only the anal canal extending to the rectum, a rare presentatio...

Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is a fulminant and life-threatening disease characterized by necrotizing fascitis of the perineal and genitourinary area resulting from polymicrobial infection. The polymicrobial organisms cause ascending reactions, activating various proteins and enzymes, leading to platelet aggregation, intravascular coagulation, tissue ischemic tissue change. This disease rapidly pro...