A case of Fournier’s gangrene: an insidious and dangerous pathology

Abstract

Fournier’s Gangrene is a rare form of necrotizing fasciitis due to microbial infection of perineum and scrotum. It’s a sever infectious disease with an high mortality rate: an early and aggressive debridement is a significant prognostic factor in the management of this pathology. We present a clinical case of a 52-years old male patient that suffered from this disease after a long car journey that may have favoured the maceration of skin with the following penetration and proliferation of microbes into the scrotal skin. Subsequently he developed fever, not adequately considered, and this leads to development of sepsis that required hospitalization in Resuscitation and Intensive Care Unit, then in Infectious DiseaseWard, and finally he was placed under our care so that he could undergo procedures of reconstruction of scrotum and reparation of the cutaneous defect.