Insidious Fournier Gangrene: When the Radiologist Shows the Way to the Surgeon

Fournier's gangrene is a rare and fulminant necrotizing fasciitis of the urogenital and perineal areas, most of the time from a polymicrobial origin. This condition needs immediate surgical drainage as well as broad-spectrum antibiotics. We present here a patient with Fournier's gangrene that required intensive care management. Then, we describe the role of medical imaging for the diagnosis and the staging of this life threatening disease.