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Excised scrotal ulcer and skin from the case described. Stained with haematoxylin-eosin, x4 magnification. Epidermal ulceration (shown by large arrowheads) with deeper inflammatory infiltrates (shown by small arrowheads). The full histology report described full-thickness necrosis with abscess formation, in keeping with Fournier's gangrene.
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Histology of the excised skin lesion showed full thickness necrosis, consistent with Fournier's gangrene (Figure 1).