An uncommon complication of Fournier’s gangrene — which itself is rare — has prompted Australian doctors to warn against dismissing the telltale signs of unusual disease spread. 

Their patient, a man in his 80s, ended up requiring a right orchidectomy and multiple debridement procedures to manage the infection. 

The case doctors at Canberra Hospital said he was transferred from another hospital with reported scrotal pain, erythema and swelling that had been present for the past four days.

His only background medical history was hypertension; he was febrile, hypotensive and tachycardic upon presentation.