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Vol.40 No.4 2007 April [Table of Contents] [Full text ( PDF 398KB)]
CASE REPORT

A Case of Fournier's Gangrene cased by Perforation of Rectal Carcinoma

Yutaka Kojima, Toshiki Kamano, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Mitsuhiro Matsuda, Hironobu Sengoku, Naohito Takita, Yukihiro Yaginuma, Eishin Nonaka, Daisuke Kitamura and Seigo Ono

Department of Coloproctological Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine

Fournier's gangrene is usually caused by an anal fistula, abscess around the anus, or urological disease, but rarely by rectal cancer. We report such a case. A 56-year-old man seen for scrotal swelling and pain and urinary retention was found in pelvic CT to have dirty fat signs and air density in the urethra and scrotum and a tumor in the rectum. He underwent emergency surgery including abscess resection, drainage, and colostomy. Intraoperative biopsy of the rectal tumor showed a well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, resulting in a definitive diagnosis of Fournier's gangrene caused by rectal cancer penetration. Rectal cancer must thus be kept mind as a possible differential diagnosis in Fournier's gangrene.

Key words
Fournier's gangrene, rectal carcinoma

Jpn J Gastroenterol Surg 40: 485-490, 2007

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Yutaka Kojima Department of Coloproctologocal Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine
2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8421 JAPAN

Accepted
October 25, 2006

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