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Bilateral testicular gangrene: does it occur in Fournier's gangrene?

Gupta A, Dalela D, Sankhwar SN, Goel MM, Kumar S, Goel A, Singh V

Department of General Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, gupta_anubhav_2000@yahoo.com.

Fournier's gangrene (FG) is an infective necrotizing fascitis of the perineum, genital and perianal area leading to gangrene of the overlying skin and subcutaneous tissue. Testis and epididymis tend to be spared. We report a case of a young male with bilateral gangrene of the testis.

Published 3 September 2007 in Int Urol Nephrol, 39(3): 913-915.
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