title: Fournier's gangrene in a child with congenital genitourinary anomalies.
abstract: Fournier's gangrene is a rare urologic emergency in childhood that requires prompt diagnosis to deliver definitive and supportive care. Host susceptibility risk factors differ between adult and pediatric age groups with affected children usually otherwise systemically healthy. We present a case of Fournier's gangrene in a 2-year-old, from a genitourinary source of sepsis secondary to previously unreported genitourinary anatomical anomalies of congenital buried penis and hypospadias. Illustrative applied anatomy identifies the pathogenesis of this case, aiding recognition and understanding of this rapidly progressive and destructive pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Cundy
authors.forename: Hilary A P
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Boucaut
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007021:Hypospadias / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010413:Penis / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D044095:Proteus penneri / Q000302:isolation & purification