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A Rare Presentation of Fournier’s Gangrene: Necrotizing Infection Traveling Through a Fistula From the Rectum to the Corpus Cavernosum

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: A corpus cavernosum filled with air is a rare finding during imaging, and it should raise suspicion for a serious urologic injury or infection. We present the case of a patient with air in their corpus cavernosum seen on emergency computed tomography. He was diagnosed with Fournier's gangrene, secondary to an infectious spread through a fistula from the rectum to the corpus cavernosum. Radiologists and clinicians should consider rare presentations of necrotizing infections when encountering an air-filled corpus cavernosum on imaging.

Source: Cureus

DOI: 10.7759/cureus.89811

Authors: Donald Dennis, Michael Gentry

Institution: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Language: English

Topic: Streptococcal Infections and Treatments

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4413213979