Open AccessFOURNIER'S SYNDROME RECURRENCE
Author(s) -
Viviane de Deus Silva,
Luis Fernando Barbosa Silva,
João Guilherme Silva Oliveira,
Larissa Mendonça Ferreira,
Pedro Manuel González Cuellar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de patologia do tocantins
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2446-6492
pISSN - 2318-8960
DOI - 10.20873/uft.2446-6492.2019v6n2p35
Subject(s) - medicine , scrotum , perineum , abdomen , thigh , surgery , abdominal wall , mortality rate , diabetes mellitus , population , general surgery , environmental health , endocrinology
The Fournier’s Syndrome is characterized by a necrotizing infection that can affect regions such as perineum, thighs, scrotum, thigh roots and lower abdomen. It begins insidiously, but progresses with great tissue loss and is of difficult handling. It is an uncommon morbidity of the population at large. Recurrence is poorly documented, which makes its occurrence atypical in medical practice. The mortality rate varies from 10% to 30.8% in Brazil without changes over time despite advances in technology and in surgical techniques. The objective of this study is to demonstrate a recurrence of the syndrome in a male, 46-year-old patient, with diabetes, hypertension and grade III obesity. The patient was treated in a timely manner with satisfactory clinical and aesthetic outcomes.