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. 2003 Apr;1(2):159–160. doi: 10.3121/cmr.1.2.159

Table 2.

Risk factors for Fournier's Gangrene.

Diabetes mellitus
Ethanol abuse
Local trauma or instrumentation to the perineum
Paraphimosis
Extravasations of urine periurethrally or through a cutaneous fistula
Urethral stricture caused by sexually transmitted diseases
Circumcision and hernioplasty