Fournier's Gangrene Masking as Perineal and Scrotal Cellulitis

Fournier's gangrene (FG) is a serious and life threatening emergency. Jean Alfred Fournier, a French venereologist, described it in 1883 as an unexplained fulminating gangrene of the male genitalia. He noted it as a rapidly progressive scrotal infection that was primarily seen in young healthy males with no identifiable etiology [1]. More recently, the clinical perspective considers FG to be a polymicrobial subset of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the genital region. The disease is now known to affect both genders and a wide range of ages [2,3].
Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Source Type: research