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MeSH Heading: Fournier Gangrene
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.377; C12.100.500.229; C12.200.294.229
Unique ID: D018934
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018934
Annotation: coordinate IM with specific site or organ/diseases term (IM) or with specific bacterial infection (IM) only if particularly discussed
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Fournier Disease; Fournier's Disease; Fournier's Gangrene
Previous Indexing: Gangrene (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 2000; see FOURNIER'S GANGRENE 1996-1999
History Note: 2000(1996)
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/02/17
Revision Date: 2021/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0028303
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Fournier Gangrene Preferred Term
Term UI T366725
Date11/04/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Fournier Disease
Term UI T056438
Date11/21/1994
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Fournier's Disease
Term UI T056439
Date10/26/1994
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Fournier's Gangrene
Term UI T056437
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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