Fournier's gangrene: our experience with 50 patients and analysis of factors affecting mortality.

Introduction: Fournier's gangrene is a rare, rapidly progressive, necrotizing fasciitis of the external genitalia and perineum. Case series have shown a mortality rate of 20% to 40% with an incidence of as high as 88% in some reports. In this study we aimed to share our experience in the management of Fournier's gangrene and to identify risk factors that affect mortality.

[Enterocutaneous fistula caused by strangulated groin hernia: five cases in Morocco].

The purpose of this report is to describe 5 cases of strangulated hernia discovered in patients presenting with enterocutaneous fistula. Most patients were women with small femoral hernias.

Perianal abscesses due to ingested foreign bodies.

The clinical presentation of perianal abscesses due to foreign bodies (FBs) impacted in the anal canal mimics common causes of acute anal pain. The diagnosis can be established by digital rectal examination and/or proctoscopy, but may miss the presence of an FB. Incision and drainage of the abscess, along with removal of the FB, results in immediate pain relief and cure.