[A chicken bone as cause of Fournier gangrene].
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.
Jalón Monzón
Antonio
A
Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, España.
García Rodríguez
Jorge
J
Sánchez Trilla
Alberto
A
Rodríguez Martínez
Juan Javier
JJ
Rodríguez Faba
Oscar
O
Fernández Gómez
Jesús María
JM
Regadera Sejas
Javier
J
D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged