Fournier gangrene
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First described by Baurienne in 1764 and named after a French venereologist, Jean Alfred Fournier, following five cases he presented in clinical lectures in 1883.
Noun[edit]
Fournier gangrene (uncountable)
- A kind of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum, most common in elderly men.