Sudden unexpected death due to Fournier's gangrene.
A 43-year-old Japanese male vagrant collapsed suddenly in a police station. The man was resuscitated in hospital but died about 13 h later. An autopsy revealed necrotizing fasciitis in the genitalia and lower abdominal wall. The man was considered to have died from endotoxic shock following on Fournier's gangrene.
Bunai
Y
Y
Department of Legal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan. bunaiy@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp
Nagai
A
A
Nakamura
I
I
Ohya
D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012611:Scrotum / Q000473:pathology