[Postpartum vulvar necrotizing fasciitis].
OBJECTIVE
To report the case of postpartum vulvar necrotizing fasciitis diagnosis and management.


METHODS
A 16 year old woman with a history of vaginal delivery with episiotomy uncomplicated puerperium who presents in vulvar necrotizing fasciitis rapid progression to septic shock with spread to pelvis and abdomen.


RESULTS
A CT scan at the level reported amount of gas vaginal labia.


CONCLUSIONS
An early diagnosis, multidisciplinary treatment including extensive surgical management, appropriate antibiotic coverage and intensive care unit, are factors that improve the prognosis and reduce mortality.
María Katherine
MK
Tabares-Trujillo
Viridiana
V
Gorbea-Chávez
Amabel
A
Nava-Hernández
Esther Silvia
ES
Rodríguez-Colorado
D000293:Adolescent; D018450:Disease Progression; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy