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MeSH Review:

Fournier Gangrene

Mouraviev, V.B. et al., Paty, R. et al., Fukuno, K. et al., Başoğlu, M. et al., Faber, H.J. et al.

Faber, Girbes, Daenen,

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If corticosteroids cannot control progression of genital ulcers nor concomitant fever, ATRA administration should be discontinued so as not to induce Fournier's gangrene nor retionic acid syndrome [1].
Fournier's gangrene as first presentation of promyelocytic leukemia [2].
Fifteen patients were treated for Fournier's gangrene between 1990 and 1995 in the Departments of General Surgery and Urology, School of Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey [3].
Fournier's gangrene remains a true urologic emergency, which mandates aggressive initial care by means of early recognition, early hemodynamic stabilization, and the institution of parenteral broad-spectrum antibiotics [4].
We report a case of cocaine-induced Fournier's gangrene requiring parenteral antibiotics followed by primary surgical debridement and delayed reconstructive procedure of penile skin [5].

Chemical compound and disease context of Fournier Gangrene

Fournier's gangrene following penile self-injection with cocaine [5].

References

Genital ulcers during treatment with ALL-trans retinoic acid for acute promyelocytic leukemia. Fukuno, K., Tsurumi, H., Goto, H., Oyama, M., Tanabashi, S., Moriwaki, H. Leuk. Lymphoma (2003) [Pubmed]
Fournier's gangrene as first presentation of promyelocytic leukemia. Faber, H.J., Girbes, A.R., Daenen, S. Leuk. Res. (1998) [Pubmed]
Fournier's gangrene: review of fifteen cases. Başoğlu, M., Gül, O., Yildirgan, I., Balik, A.A., Ozbey, I., Oren, D. The American surgeon. (1997) [Pubmed]
Gangrene and Fournier's gangrene. Paty, R., Smith, A.D. Urol. Clin. North Am. (1992) [Pubmed]
Fournier's gangrene following penile self-injection with cocaine. Mouraviev, V.B., Pautler, S.E., Hayman, W.P. Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology. (2002) [Pubmed]

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