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[Ultrasonographic diagnosis of Fournier's gangrene]
J M Abascal García1, P González Filgueira, M A Suárez Hevia
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital General de Asturias, Oviedo, España.
Archivos Espanoles De Urologia
|July 1, 1995
Abstract
Objectives:
The usefulness of ultrasound in the detection of Fournier's gangrene in the early stages is described herein.
Methods/Results:
We discuss the clinical course of the patient with scrotal inflammation of a torpid course suspected as Fournier's gangrene on the ultrasound findings.
Conclusions:
The use of ultrasound in cases with acute scrotal inflammation of a torpid course as in this case, permits early detection of Fournier's gangrene, a fulminant condition. A review of the literature has shown that the findings described herein have been infrequently reported.