Open AccessA case report of scrotal gangrene from snake bite
Author(s) -
A.L. Babata,
A O Faniyi
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v25i2.28268
Subject(s) - scrotum , medicine , gangrene , penis , surgery
A case of snake bite of the scrotum in a 43-year-old male Fulani farmer cum herdsman is presented. Gangrene of the scrotum developed 4 days after the bite together with an increase in size of the scrotum to about 59cm in circumference. The patient received polyvalent snake anti venom almost 10 hours after the bite. Surgery to excise the gangrenous part, together with multiple longitudinal skin incisions of scrotum and penis were carried out The scrotal size reduced to almost half of the morbid size within 48 hours of surgery.