title: [A chicken bone as cause of Fournier gangrene].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Fournier's gangrene is a synergistic infective necrotizing fascitis, which involves perianal, perineal and genital regions, with rapid evolution and severe prognosis. We perform a literature review and report a recent case.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a male patient who presented with scrotal pain and history of excretion of a chicken bone in a bowel movement.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite aggressive surgery and wide spectrum antibiotic, the prognosis severe and the mortality is high.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rapid and accurate diagnosis remains the key to achieving a successful outcome. Early, wide and repeated debridement procedures reduce the mortality.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jalón Monzón
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García Rodríguez
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sánchez Trilla
authors.forename: Juan Javier
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Martínez
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Faba
authors.forename: Jesús María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernández Gómez
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regadera Sejas
mesh_terms: D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged