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Fournier Gangrene

Known as: Fourniers Disease, Fournier's Gangrene, Fournier Disease 
An acute necrotic infection of the SCROTUM; PENIS; or PERINEUM. It is characterized by scrotum pain and redness with rapid progression to gangrene… 
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Review
2009
Review
2009
BACKGROUND The first-documented clinical picture of the disease was made by Fournier in 1883. Its epidemiology has changed and is… 
2006
2006
OBJECTIVE To investigate the factors associated with patients with Fournier's gangrene, and to clarify the effect of diabetes… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
A review of 21 consecutive cases of Fournier's gangrene seen at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) in the… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Nine patients with Fournier's gangrene are presented and the relevant literature is reviewed. Fournier's gangrene is secondary to… 
1985
1985
A case of urethral masturbation is described in which a foreign body was inserted into the urethra for erotic stimulation. The… 
1985
1985
  • P. JooW. Peters
  • 1985
  • Corpus ID: 37786721
Fournier's disease--gangrene of the penis and scrotum--is an uncommon condition. During the past 6 years, five patients, whose… 
1982
1982
Two patients with Fournier's gangrene are described. In each case this was the presenting clinical feature of diabetes mellitus… 
1981
1981
The abdominal radiographs of a forty-year-old patient with Fournier gangrene suggest that gas can spread from the scrotum along… 
1978
1978
A 2 1/2-year-old girl had rectal bleeding, an abdominal mass, and diffuse peritonitis. A segment of gangrenous colon was removed… 
1975
1975
ABSTRACT: Gangrene involving the male genitalia is extremely rare. It may occur without any predisposing cause. This necrotic…