Fournier씨 증후군 4례 보고

Abstract

Fournier's syndrome is rare malignant surgical infection that is a necrotizing fascitis of perineum and scrotum, and which is also life-threatening condition. This disease was first described by Fournier in 1883, and after it was called Fourner's syndrome and was reported over four hundred cases in the world until now. Despite of aggressive surgical debridement and broad spectrum antibiotics, the mortality is still very high. Recently we xperienced four cases of Fournier's syndrome and we report this conditions with brief review of the literatures.