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Abstract
An acute necrotic infection of the SCROTUM; PENIS; or PERINEUM. It is characterized by scrotum pain and redness with rapid progression to gangrene and sloughing of tissue. Fournier gangrene is usually secondary to perirectal or periurethral infections associated with local trauma, operative procedures, or urinary tract disease.
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7 entry terms
- Fournier Disease
- Fournier's Disease
- Fournier's Gangrene
- Fourniers Disease
- Fourniers Gangrene
- Gangrene, Fournier
- Gangrene, Fournier's
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with specific site or organ/diseases term (IM) or with specific bacterial infection (IM) only if particularly discussed
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History Note
2000(1996)
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Previous Indexing
- Gangrene (1966-1995)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Fournier Gangrene. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018934. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018934
- Fournier Gangrene. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fournier_gangrene
- Fournier Gangrene. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q616449