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fournier gangrene

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An acute necrotic infection of the SCROTUM; PENIS; or PERINEUM. It is characterized by scrotum pain and redness with rapid progression to gangrene and sloughing of tissue. Fournier gangrene is usually secondary to perirectal or periurethral infections associated with local trauma, operative procedures, or urinary tract disease. [ MESH:D018934 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • GARD:0010912 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • SCTID:398318005 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C0238419 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MESH:D018934 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
Subsets

gard_rare

definition

An acute necrotic infection of the SCROTUM; PENIS; or PERINEUM. It is characterized by scrotum pain and redness with rapid progression to gangrene and sloughing of tissue. Fournier gangrene is usually secondary to perirectal or periurethral infections associated with local trauma, operative procedures, or urinary tract disease.

exactMatch

http://identifiers.org/mesh/D018934, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/398318005, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0238419

has exact synonym

fournier gangrene, fournier's gangrene

has related synonym

Fournier's disease, Fourniers gangrene, gangrene, Fournier, Fourniers disease, gangrene, Fournier's, Fournier's gangrene, Fournier disease

id

MONDO:0043352