Fournier's gangrene: viability monitoring of subcutaneously transported testis following extensive debridement by color-coded duplex sonography and nuclear magnetic resonance.
We report the case of a subcutaneously transposed testis after surgical depridement for Fournier's gangrene. Its viability was successfully monitored using color-coded duplex sonography and nuclear magnetic resonance.
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Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Behring Municipal Hospital, Academic Teaching Hospital, Free University Berlin, Germany.
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D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003646:Debridement; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012611:Scrotum / Q000601:surgery; D013733:Testicular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013737:Testis / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color