Necrotizing cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis are bacterial soft tissue infections that enter through wounds in the skin. Cellulitis is a common infection that occurs when bacteria enter the deeper ...

Credit: Getty Images Avascular necrosis is a type of osteonecrosis resulting from a disruption in blood supply to the proximal femur and is a major complication associated with developmental hip ...

Acute esophageal necrosis (AEN), colloquially known as black oesophagus, is a rare yet striking clinical syndrome characterised by circumferential necrosis of the esophageal mucosa. The condition ...

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A man's neck tattoo triggered a reaction so rare that it was only the second recorded case.

A MAN developed a black, weeping ulcer made up of dead flesh on his neck months after getting a tattoo, which mysteriously ...