Fournier gangrene

English

Etymology

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

Fournier gangrene (uncountable)

1. A kind of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum, most common in elderly men.

Hypernyms

• necrotizing fasciitis