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Fournier gangrene
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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
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A kind of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum, most common in elderly men.
Hypernyms
en necrotizing fasciitis
en eponyms