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GANGRENE AND FOURNIER'S GANGRENE

Urologic Clinics of North America, 1992
Fournier's gangrene is an aggressive disease affecting the perineum. Clearly, it can no longer by considered idiopathic in its origin, as most infection can be localized to a cutaneous, urethral, or rectal source. It presents in a broad age range and can have an indolent onset, thus requiring a high index of suspicion.
R, Paty, A D, Smith
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Fournier’s gangrene: Is it scrotal gangrene?

Advances in Therapy, 2008
Fournier's gangrene was originally described as scrotal gangrene in young males. Today, it is generally accepted as synergistic necrotizing fasciitis of perineal, genital, or perianal regions, and the epidemiologic data have changed. However, there are still limited data about females due to the lack of female patients, even in large case series.A ...
Atil, Cakmak, Volkan, Genç, Cihangir, Akyol, H Ayhan, Kayaoğlu, Selçuk M, Hazinedaroğlu   +4 more
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Fournier gangrene

Tropical Doctor, 2006
Fournier gangrene is a necrotizing infection involving the soft tissues of the male genitalia. It was first described in 1764 by Baurienne and given its eponymous name after Jean-Alfred Fournier in 1883 presented a case of perineal gangrene in an otherwise healthy young man.
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Gangrenous cystitis

International Urogynecology Journal, 2007
Gangrenous cystitis is an extremely rare condition. During the last 70 years, only 30 cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of gangrenous cystitis in a 70-year-old woman presented with symptoms of acute abdomen. Main causative factor was overdistension of the bladder due to catheter obstruction.
Konstantinos, Ballas, Savas, Rafailidis, Theodoros, Pavlidis, Georges, Marakis, Kiriakos, Psarras, Eva, Anagnostara, Athanassios, Sakadamis   +6 more
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