Fournier’s gangrene (FG) is an acute, rapidly progressive and potentially fatal, infective necrotizing fasciitis affecting the external genitalia, perineal or perianal regions1. The definition of FG changed more often than the treatment over the years. Professor JeanAlfred Fournier (1832-1914), first defined FG as an ‘acute idiopathic gangrene of the scrotum in the young male2. The frequent iso...

Fournier,s gangrene as an infectious necrotizing fascitis of the genitalia is A RARE UROLOGIC EMERGENCY.pediatric cases have been successfully managed with a more conservative surgical approach and have had a significant lower mortality rate compared to adults.in spite of this fact we report two cases in two 6 and 7 year old boys following circumcision which ended up in death.failure in treatme...

Background. Fournier’s gangrene (FG) represents a necrotizing infection of the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue of the external genitalia and perineum. It arises as a result of propagation of anorectal, urogenital and skin infections. The principles of treatment include improving general condition of a patient, debridement of wound, excision of necrotic tissue, combined antibiotic therapy, hyp...

introduction: fournier's gangrene or necrotizing fasciitis of external genitalia is a medical emergency. it was reported in cases of acute promyelocytic leukemia (apl) before and during induction therapy with all- trans retinoic acid (atra).we present a case of apl that developed fournier's gangrene   during atra therapy.

While the use of x-rays to treat patients with gas gangrene ended in the early 1940's with the advent of antibiotics, x-ray had been widely accepted as a useful and highly effective treatment for this condition. The present paper re-assesses the historical foundations of this belief, the quality of the data, use of confirmatory animal models, and underlying mechanisms that might account for the...