Fournier Gangrene. Fournier's Disease . Fourniers Disease . Fourniers Gangrene . Gangrene, Fournier . Gangrene, Fournier's . Fournier Disease . Fournier's Gangrene . FOURNIER"S GANGRENE . FOURNIER'S DISEASE . An acute necrotic infection of the SCROTUM; PENIS; or PERINEUM. It is characterized by scrotum pain and redness with rapid progression to gangrene and sloughing of tissue. Fournier gangrene is usually secondary to perirectal or periurethral infections associated with local trauma, operative procedures, or urinary tract disease. . 1.00
Gangrene. Gangrenes . Death and putrefaction of tissue usually due to a loss of blood supply. . 0.68
Gas Gangrene. Gangrene, Gas . Gangrenes, Gas . Gas Gangrenes . A severe condition resulting from bacteria invading healthy muscle from adjacent traumatized muscle or soft tissue. The infection originates in a wound contaminated with bacteria of the genus CLOSTRIDIUM. C. perfringens accounts for the majority of cases (over eighty percent), while C. noyvi, C. septicum, and C. histolyticum cause most of the other cases. . 0.55