Open AccessFournier's gangrene after missed acute perforated appendicitis: A case report
Author(s) -
Elahabadi Ismail,
Bazmandegan Gholamreza,
Salehi Hossein,
Jafari Amin,
Ahmadi Jafar,
Kamaib Zahra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4989
Subject(s) - medicine , fasciitis , gangrene , fournier gangrene , surgery , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , general surgery , rare disease , necrotising fasciitis , mortality rate , disease
Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a rare progressive necrotizing fasciitis (NF) with high mortality rate. This case report describes a young patient with FG with no known history of disease or invasive therapeutic interventions.
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