A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis

We discuss the case of a 28-year-old male patient presenting to our department with an atypical history of acute scrotal swelling on a background of abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with a perforated appendicitis and Fournier’s gangrene.

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Autores principales: Wanis, Michael, Nafie, Shady, Mellon, John Kilian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27106611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw058
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spelling pubmed-48405742016-04-22 A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis Wanis, Michael Nafie, Shady Mellon, John Kilian J Surg Case Rep Case Report We discuss the case of a 28-year-old male patient presenting to our department with an atypical history of acute scrotal swelling on a background of abdominal pain. He was diagnosed with a perforated appendicitis and Fournier’s gangrene. Oxford University Press 2016-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4840574/ /pubmed/27106611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw058 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2016. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Wanis, Michael
Nafie, Shady
Mellon, John Kilian
A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis
title A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis
title_full A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis
title_fullStr A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis
title_full_unstemmed A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis
title_short A case of Fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis
title_sort case of fournier’s gangrene in a young immunocompetent male patient resulting from a delayed diagnosis of appendicitis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27106611
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjw058
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