Penile Fournier's gangrene.
Fournier's gangrene is a fulminant, necrotizing soft-tissue infection of the genital, perineal, and perianal regions. Fournier's isolated to the penis is a rare occurrence due the highly vascular nature of the penis. Reported occurrences of penile Fournier's gangrene have occurred in the setting of a clear vascular or traumatic insult. Here we present a case of Fournier's gangrene isolated to the penis in an adult with calciphylaxis secondary to end-stage renal disease.
Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
Todd
T
Yecies
Daniel J
DJ
Lee
Maximiliano
M
Sorbellini
Ranjith
R
Ramasamy
D000328:Adult; D002115:Calciphylaxis / Q000150:complications; D018934:Fournier Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010409:Penile Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology