Fournier gangrene

== English == === Etymology === First described by Baurienne in 1764 and named after a French venereologist, Jean Alfred Fournier, following five cases he presented in clinical lectures in 1883. === Noun === Fournier gangrene (uncountable) A kind of necrotizing fasciitis affecting the perineum, most common in elderly men. ==== Hypernyms ==== necrotizing fasciitis