Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer

We present a case of a 58-year-old man hospitalized because of gangrene of the penis and scrotum, after radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer. At the time of the admission the patient presented with extensive gangrene with necrosis affecting the scrotum and the penis. During the first day of hospitali...

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Autores principales: Życzkowski, Marcin, Bogacki, Rafał, Bryniarski, Piotr, Nowakowski, Krzysztof, Muskała, Bartosz, Paradysz, Andrzej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Polish Urological Association 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24707380
http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art24
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author Życzkowski, Marcin
Bogacki, Rafał
Bryniarski, Piotr
Nowakowski, Krzysztof
Muskała, Bartosz
Paradysz, Andrzej
author_facet Życzkowski, Marcin
Bogacki, Rafał
Bryniarski, Piotr
Nowakowski, Krzysztof
Muskała, Bartosz
Paradysz, Andrzej
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description We present a case of a 58-year-old man hospitalized because of gangrene of the penis and scrotum, after radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer. At the time of the admission the patient presented with extensive gangrene with necrosis affecting the scrotum and the penis. During the first day of hospitalization the patient was operated. Due to the progress of the disease he had to be operated again. The status of the patient, which initially was very bad, was gradually improving. He was discharged from the hospital after 59 days in a good general state with good wound healing.
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spelling pubmed-39744632014-04-04 Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer Życzkowski, Marcin Bogacki, Rafał Bryniarski, Piotr Nowakowski, Krzysztof Muskała, Bartosz Paradysz, Andrzej Cent European J Urol Case Report We present a case of a 58-year-old man hospitalized because of gangrene of the penis and scrotum, after radiochemotherapy for rectal cancer. At the time of the admission the patient presented with extensive gangrene with necrosis affecting the scrotum and the penis. During the first day of hospitalization the patient was operated. Due to the progress of the disease he had to be operated again. The status of the patient, which initially was very bad, was gradually improving. He was discharged from the hospital after 59 days in a good general state with good wound healing. Polish Urological Association 2013-11-18 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3974463/ /pubmed/24707380 http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art24 Text en Copyright by Polish Urological Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Życzkowski, Marcin
Bogacki, Rafał
Bryniarski, Piotr
Nowakowski, Krzysztof
Muskała, Bartosz
Paradysz, Andrzej
Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer
title Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer
title_full Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer
title_fullStr Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer
title_full_unstemmed Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer
title_short Gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer
title_sort gangrene of the penis, scrotum, and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3974463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24707380
http://dx.doi.org/10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art24
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