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Gangrene (cont.)

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Synonyms and Keywords

Gangrene, necrosis, dry gangrene, wet gangrene, gas gangrene, Clostridia, frostbite, arteriosclerosis, smoking, Raynaud's disease, debridement, hyperbaric oxygen, amputation, foot care, black toe

Authors and Editors

Author: Ronald A Greenfield, MD, Chief, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine

Coauthor: Shehnaz Shaikh, MD, Medical Writer, eMedicine.com, Inc

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com


Last Editorial Review: 5/15/2007

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Fournier Gangrene »

In 1883, the French venereologist Jean Alfred Fournier described a series in which 5 previously healthy young men suffered from a rapidly progressive gangrene of the penis and scrotum without apparent cause.

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