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Sudden unexpected death due to Fournier’s gangrene

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A 43-year-old Japanese male vagrant collapsed suddenly in a police station. The man was resuscitated in hospital but died about 13 h later. An autopsy revealed necrotizing fasciitis in the genitalia and lower abdominal wall. The man was considered to have died from endotoxic shock following on Fournier’s gangrene.

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  1. Department of Legal Medicine, Gifu University School of Medicine, 40 Tsukasa-machi, Gifu 500 Japan FAX: +81 (58) 267 2957 e-mail: bunaiy@cc.gifu-u.ac.jp, , , , , , JP

    Y. Bunai, A. Nagai, I. Nakamura & I. Ohya

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  1. Y. Bunai
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Received: 16 July 1996 / Received in revised form: 23 December 1996

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Bunai, Y., Nagai, A., Nakamura, I. et al. Sudden unexpected death due to Fournier’s gangrene. Int J Leg Med 110, 104–106 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050042

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