Leukemic infiltration, necrosis, gas formation and inflammatory reaction were striking in the duodenum. The tissue changes in a few other infiltrated intestinal areas and the area surrounding thoracic ...

Houston, TX - The results of an observational study published in the January 12, 2004 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine highlight the dangers of warfarin in patients with heparin-induced ...

Is COVID Toes More Than One Condition? Some of the initial reports of finger/toe cyanosis out of China were very alarming, with many patients developing skin necrosis or even gangrene. These were ...

GANGRENE of the gall bladder is a complete necrosis of a portion of the wall in one or more areas, and is frequently followed by perforation. Since 1844, when James Duncan, 1 of the Royal Infirmary in ...

Background A 59-year-old man presented with a 4-day history of scrotal pain and swelling and the rapid development of moist, black, foul-smelling lesions on the scrotum and penis. As a ...

Cases of bone sepsis and bone necrosis are now being reported by dozens of Covid-19 recovered patients in the city, doctors said, adding to the list of complications including black fungus, clot ...

The child had developed a severe infection immediately after birth, resulting in gangrene of the skin on the forearm, which had purportedly turned black all over. But a timely, life-saving surgery ...

A horrified woman developed gangrene in her foot and was forced to have it amputated after contracting a deadly bacterial infection in hospital. In a Facebook post that's been shared widely, Alicia ...

Necrosis is derived from the Greek word 'nekus,' which means 'a dead body.' In medical world, necrosis indicates the death phase of cells or tissues. Most of your body cells are programmed for death ...