2006
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-006-9035-x
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Fournier’s gangrene: a radiologic emergency

Abstract: Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a life-threatening, necrotizing infection involving the soft tissues of the scrotal area. Because of potential severe complications, it is important to diagnose the disease as early as possible. We present the CT findings of FG in a young male that came to the Emergency Department for genital pain and tenderness.

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“…Air in the soft tissues represents insoluble gas produced by anaerobic bacteria and consists primarily of nitrogen, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and hydrogen sulfide (7,15). Systemic findings in Fournier gangrene may include leukocytosis, dehydration, tachycardia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, hypocalcemia, and hyperglycemia (7,8,16). Fournier gangrene tends to be polymicrobial in nature, with synergy of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.…”
Section: Clinical Manifestationsmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…Air in the soft tissues represents insoluble gas produced by anaerobic bacteria and consists primarily of nitrogen, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, and hydrogen sulfide (7,15). Systemic findings in Fournier gangrene may include leukocytosis, dehydration, tachycardia, thrombocytopenia, anemia, hypocalcemia, and hyperglycemia (7,8,16). Fournier gangrene tends to be polymicrobial in nature, with synergy of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria.…”
Section: Clinical Manifestationsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The thickened scrotal wall contains hyperechoic foci that demonstrate reverberation artifacts, causing "dirty" shadowing that represents gas within the scrotal wall (Fig 10) (6,7,15,16,20).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Other known CT findings of Fournier's gangrene include skin and fascial thickening, strandings over the involved area, and fluid collections. CT can be used to evaluate possible intraabdominal sources of the infection [6]. US can be readily performed in bedside settings, which is of particular benefit to patients who are hemodynamically unstable but whose physical examination findings are equivocal.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…По мнению большинства авторов, методом выбора в диа-гностике ГФ является КТ [1,3,5,6,45,48,49,57,78,81,99]. КТ позволяет быстро и с высокой точностью, достигающей 95 -98%, диагностировать заболевание, установить причину и масштаб распространения ГФ, определить лечебную тактику [17,20,22,23,27,73,74,78,95,96,102,122].…”
Section: гангрена фурнье (гф)unclassified
“…По сводным данным, в развернутой стадии ГФ РГ позволяет вы-явить свободный газ в пораженных мягких тканях на-ружных половых органов и промежности в 57 -90% случаев (в среднем, в 65% случаев) [1,48,56,78]. РГ неспособна обнаружить наличие свободного газа впервые сутки заболевания, а также по ходу глубоких фасциальных структур, что является существенным недостатком этого метода [15,28,37,56,58,60,81,85,87,92,95,112].…”
Section: гангрена фурнье (гф)unclassified