title: Fournier's gangrene in a 44-year-old woman: CT scan findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To show standard CT findings and their diagnostic usefulness in female patients suffering from Fournier's gangrene.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A woman who had undergone a previous lateral internal sphincterotomy presented to the emergency department with severe pain in the hypogastrium and perianal region; physical examination revealed an induration in the left buttock. CT images showed an abscessed collection in the rectovaginal space and gas in the levator ani muscle, left ischiorectal fossa and the root of the left thigh.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CT scan is considered an excellent diagnostic tool in the management of patients with Fournier's gangrene, as it shows both the origin of the infection and its extent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, University Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: Domingo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yagüe Romeo
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angulo Hervías
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernal Lafuente
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Marcuello Peña
authors.forename: Esteban
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mayayo Sinués
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sarría Octavio de Toledo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001003:Anal Canal; D002081:Buttocks; D005260:Female; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed