Fournier's gangrene usually occurs when a specific bacterium intrudes into soft tissue, causing a wound or tumor. We encountered a patient with Fournier's gangrene due to severe myelosuppression after chemotherapy, despite the absence of an initial lesion on the anus and rectum.
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