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Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene

We describe the case of a 43-year-old male diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by Fournier’s gangrene. Multiple debridements led to the complete effacement of the scrotum, with 360 degrees of exposed testes and a narrow base of suspension. It was decided to reconstruct the scrotum usin...

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Autores principales: Finkelstein, Emily R, Perez-Quirante, Federico, Panthaki, Zubin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9287999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35859983
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25988
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description We describe the case of a 43-year-old male diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by Fournier’s gangrene. Multiple debridements led to the complete effacement of the scrotum, with 360 degrees of exposed testes and a narrow base of suspension. It was decided to reconstruct the scrotum using bilateral gracilis muscle rotational flaps, followed by split-thickness skin grafting from the thigh. The gracilis muscle as a donor flap allowed for the protection and support of the testes and suspensory tissue while achieving an aesthetically pleasing result that resembled the normal scrotum. We hope providers will consider this reconstructive method in future patients who present with similar extensive effacement of the scrotal tissue.
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spelling pubmed-92879992022-07-19 Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene Finkelstein, Emily R Perez-Quirante, Federico Panthaki, Zubin Cureus Plastic Surgery We describe the case of a 43-year-old male diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by Fournier’s gangrene. Multiple debridements led to the complete effacement of the scrotum, with 360 degrees of exposed testes and a narrow base of suspension. It was decided to reconstruct the scrotum using bilateral gracilis muscle rotational flaps, followed by split-thickness skin grafting from the thigh. The gracilis muscle as a donor flap allowed for the protection and support of the testes and suspensory tissue while achieving an aesthetically pleasing result that resembled the normal scrotum. We hope providers will consider this reconstructive method in future patients who present with similar extensive effacement of the scrotal tissue. Cureus 2022-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9287999/ /pubmed/35859983 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25988 Text en Copyright © 2022, Finkelstein et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Finkelstein, Emily R
Perez-Quirante, Federico
Panthaki, Zubin
Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene
title Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene
title_full Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene
title_fullStr Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene
title_full_unstemmed Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene
title_short Reconstruction of the Scrotum With Bilateral Gracilis Muscle Rotational Flaps in a Patient With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Complicated by Fournier’s Gangrene
title_sort reconstruction of the scrotum with bilateral gracilis muscle rotational flaps in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia complicated by fournier’s gangrene
topic Plastic Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9287999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35859983
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25988
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