Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases

Vulvar necrotizing fascitis is an uncommon infectious disorder. Since the first reported cases almost 100 years, ago, necrotizing fasciitis continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. What usually begins as a subtle infection can become life-threatening. We report two cases of vulva...

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Main Authors: Jamal A, Yazdanbod M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2000-03-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
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Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2161
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spelling doaj-96435c1959444af0b56fd1ba0cf291612020-11-25T03:45:19ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942000-03-01381Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases Jamal A0 Yazdanbod M1 Vulvar necrotizing fascitis is an uncommon infectious disorder. Since the first reported cases almost 100 years, ago, necrotizing fasciitis continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. What usually begins as a subtle infection can become life-threatening. We report two cases of vulvar necrotizing fasciitis, one after posterior colporrhaphy in a woman with four risk factors and the other in a young woman without any risk factor. https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2161Necrotizing fasciitisColporrhaphyDebridement
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author Jamal A
Yazdanbod M
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Yazdanbod M
Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases
Acta Medica Iranica
Necrotizing fasciitis
Colporrhaphy
Debridement
author_facet Jamal A
Yazdanbod M
author_sort Jamal A
title Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases
title_short Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases
title_full Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases
title_fullStr Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases
title_full_unstemmed Necrotizing Fasciitis of vulva: A report of two cases
title_sort necrotizing fasciitis of vulva: a report of two cases
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series Acta Medica Iranica
issn 0044-6025
1735-9694
publishDate 2000-03-01
description Vulvar necrotizing fascitis is an uncommon infectious disorder. Since the first reported cases almost 100 years, ago, necrotizing fasciitis continues to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. What usually begins as a subtle infection can become life-threatening. We report two cases of vulvar necrotizing fasciitis, one after posterior colporrhaphy in a woman with four risk factors and the other in a young woman without any risk factor.
topic Necrotizing fasciitis
Colporrhaphy
Debridement
url https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/2161
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