fournier gangrene

Preferred Label : fournier gangrene;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : fournier's disease; gangrene, fournier; fourniers disease; fournier's gangrene; fourniers gangrene; gangrene, fournier's; fournier disease;

CISMeF synonym : Fournier;

MeSH annotation : coordinate IM with specific site or organ/diseases term (IM) or with specific bacterial infection (IM) only if particularly discussed;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fournier gangrene;

Details

Origin ID

D018934;

UMLS CUI

C0238419;

Allowable qualifiers
- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
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- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
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- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
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- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Meleney's gangrene (disorder) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Necrotising fasciitis perineal [MedDRA LLT]
- Necrotizing fasciitis perineal [MedDRA LLT]
- necrotizing fasciitis of perineum and genitals [Radlex concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Fournier gangrene [PASCAL descriptor]
- Fournier's gangrene [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Fournier's gangrene [MedDRA LLT]
- Fournier's gangrene (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Necrotising fasciitis of the scrotum, penis or perineum [ICD-11 More detail]
- Tropical pyomyositis [ICD-9 code]
- fournier gangrene [Disease (Nov.)]
Record concept(s)
- fournier gangrene [MeSH concept]
SNOMED CT : Agent causal
- bacteria [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- gangrene [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Fournier's gangrene [MedDRA LLT]
- Fournier's gangrene [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Fournier's gangrene (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]

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