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KMID : 0378019870300110042
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New Medical Journal
1987 Volume.30 No. 11 p.42 ~ p.46
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A Case of Fournier´s Gangrene
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Abstract
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In the late 1800s A j. Fournier, a renouned French venereologist, described a rapid, fulminating gangrene of the -genitalia in five young male patients in whom no demonstrable etiology for the process could be found. Although descriptions of genital gangrene which predate Fournier´s description in the medical literature exist, many of the subsequent reports often use the eponym Fournier´s gangrene when referring to a gangerenous process of the penis, scrotum and/or perineum.
As currently used by many authors, Fournier´s gangrene describes a widely destructive, gar grenous process of the genitalia, with little regard for Fournier´s orginal tenets of patient age or definable etiology.
Irrespective of any eponyms used, genital gangrene represents a true urologic emergency. Early identification and prompt initiation of medical and surgical therapy is imperative.
Recently, we experienced a rare case of Fournier´s gangrene which was complained progressive scrotal pain, erythema and voiding difficulty for about three days.
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