FOURNIERS GANGRENE

Fournier's gangrene was traditionally thought to arise spontaneously. More recently, cases with urological, perianal or systemic predisposin g causes have been reported. This report describes four cases of Fourn ier's gangrene, all associated with a predisposing cause: two with dia betes mellitus, two secondary to urinary tract pathologies, and one se condary to an infected wound after an inguinal herniorrhaphy.