Peritoneal tuberculosis. Radiographic diagnosis.

Peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) is an extrapulmonary form of presentation of tuberculosis. HIV infection is a primary risk factor for this condition. Diagnosis requires microbiological or histopathological confirmation in addition to supporting radiological imaging studies.

Fournier's gangrene in a 44-year-old woman: CT scan findings.

Objectives: To show standard CT findings and their diagnostic usefulness in female patients suffering from Fournier's gangrene.

Method/result: A woman who had undergone a previous lateral internal sphincterotomy presented to the emergency department with severe pain in the hypogastrium and perianal region; physical examination revealed an induration in the left buttock. CT images showed an abscessed collection in the rectovaginal space and gas in the levator ani muscle, left ischiorectal fossa and the root of the left thigh.