Successful treatment of Fournier's gangrene with the assistance of preoperative computed tomography in an elderly man: report of a case.
An 87-year-old man presented with inguinal pain and swelling, and was later diagnosed as having Fournier's gangrene. The information gained from preoperative computed tomography (CT) proved very useful for defining the extent of necrosis, and emergency surgery saved his life. Thus, CT should be performed prior to treatment of Fournier's gangrene, even in an emergency situation.
Tomono
Hitoshi
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Department of Surgery, Iwata City General Hospital, 512-3 Okubo, Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan.
Kitamura
Hiroshi
H
Iwase
Masanori
M
Kuze
Singo
S
Toyoda
Hutoru
H
Mori
Naoharu
N
Tamoto
Eiji
E
Inuzuka
Kazunori
K
Fujita
Hiromine
H
Konishi
Yukiko
Y
D000368:Aged; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D008297:Male; D012611:Scrotum; D013085:Spermatic Cord; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed