Penile Fournier's gangrene.

Urology

Department of Urology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.

Published: October 2013

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.urology.2013.07.025DOI Listing

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