Fournier's gangrene secondary to acute peritonitis due to perforated prepyloric ulcer

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Keywords:

Fournier's gangrene, peritonitis, ulcer.

Abstract

Introduction: Fournier's gangrene is a necrotizing infection of the scrotum and perineum. It has a global incidence of 1.6/100,000 men.
Objective: To present a clinical case of Fournier´s gangrene in the course of secondary peritonitis due to a perforated prepyloric ulcer.
Clinical Case: White male patient, 67 years old, with a history of being a smoker, who was admitted to the General Surgery Service for abdominal pain and increased volume of the genitals, abdominal pain more localized in the hypogastrium, accompanied by vomiting of contents. food and fever of 38 °C, with chills. Fournier's gangrene secondary to acute peritonitis was diagnosed, which was treated in the emergency services.
Conclusions: Fournier's gangrene is one of the urological emergencies that can occur in the course of acute peritonitis due to perforation of a peptic ulcer.

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Author Biographies

Yusnier Varona Varona, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey. Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech. Camaguey

Especialista de Primer Grado en Urología y Medicina General Integral. Profesor Instructor. Aspirante a investigador.

Annia Ribacoba Betancourt, Universidad de Ciencias Mèdicas de Camaguey. Hospital Oncològico Provincial Marìa Curie. Camaguey

Especialista de Primer Grado en Urología y Medicina General Integral. Profesor Instructor.

Reynier Cejas Buirias, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey. Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech. Camaguey

Especialista de Primer Grado en Urología. Profesor Instructor.

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2024-06-28

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Varona Varona Y, Ribacoba Betancourt A, Cejas Buirias R. Fournier’s gangrene secondary to acute peritonitis due to perforated prepyloric ulcer. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2024 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Jun. 15];53(3):e024038406. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/38406

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Vol. 53 No. 3 (2024): July - September

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