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Journals / Turkish Medical Student Journal / 2015 / Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 3

A CASE REPORT: FOURNIER’S GANGRENE IN A PATIENT WITH TYPE-1 DIABETES MELLITUS

Ahmet EMİN, Oktay DOKUZ, Cemal KÖKSAL, Ali YILDIZ, Hakan AKDERE

Pages
149–152
DOI
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Abstract

Aims: Fournier’s gangrene is a necrotizing fasciitis of the perinea and genital areas. Scrotal Fournier’s gangrene,while being rare, is an urological emergency and requires urgent surgery. In this case report, we aimed to investigate a patient with Fournier’s Gangrene (FG), caused by a cut to scrotum