Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer.
We present a case of a 58-year-old man hospitalized because of gangrene of the penis and scrotum, after radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer. At the time of the admission the patient presented with extensive gangrene with necrosis affecting the scrotum and the penis. During the first day of hospitalization the patient was operated. Due to the progress of the disease he had to be operated again. The status of the patient, which initially was very bad, was gradually improving. He was discharged from the hospital after 59 days in a good general state with good wound healing.
Department of Urology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Marcin
M
Zyczkowski
Department of Urology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Rafał
R
Bogacki
Department of Urology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Piotr
P
Bryniarski
Department of Urology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Krzysztof
K
Nowakowski
Department of Urology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Bartosz
B
Muskała
Department of Urology in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland.
Andrzej
A
Paradysz
gangrene; multidisciplinary approach; radiation; rectal cancer; surgical treatment