Fournier's disease: Case report

Abstract

– Fournier's disease is an acute pathologic process of cellulitis and necrotising fascitis involving the male genitals with a mortality of 30–50%. The main causes are periurethral and perirectal infections, immuno-depressive syndromes, diabetes mellitus and traumas. Mixed types of infections involve aerobic and anaerobic germs, the latter being responsible for the necrosis of the subcutaneous tissue. Therapy is synergic and multi-disciplinary, antibiotic with radical and reconstructive surgery.