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)
- A kind of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum, most common in elderly men.
Hypernyms
- necrotizing fasciitis