A New Jersey man had the head of his penis removed after suffering a rare type of blood poisoning that caused the skin to turn black and die.
The
54-year-old man was admitted to a hospital where doctors found he had
gangrenous lesions on his legs, buttocks, thighs and weenie.
The
lesions -- which were black and covered in shrivelled, dying skin -- hurt
so much he needed strong medication to control the pain, according to
doctors describing his case in the journal BMJ Case Reports.
Dr. Edmond Sarkis, who treated the man at Cooper Medical Centre, explained the man had necrosis -- where the skin prematurely dies and withers away. He said, "We took a look at his lesions as they were nasty; they were purple to black. They were all over his thighs, his lower back and even his penis was dying, which is rare. I had never seen anything this extensive before."
Dr. Edmond Sarkis, who treated the man at Cooper Medical Centre, explained the man had necrosis -- where the skin prematurely dies and withers away. He said, "We took a look at his lesions as they were nasty; they were purple to black. They were all over his thighs, his lower back and even his penis was dying, which is rare. I had never seen anything this extensive before."
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