Necrosis (from Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis) 'death') is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis...

devoid of a vascular supply, and will—if action is not taken—avascularly necrose within a sufferer's snuffbox. Due to the small size of the scaphoid and...

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF), formerly known as TNF-α, is an inflammatory protein and a principal mediator of the innate immune response. TNF is produced...

chamber is partially necrosed for a period of time and if left untreated, the area of cell death expands until the entire pulp necroses. The most common clinical...

untreated for months will almost always starve itself of nourishment, necrose (die), slough, and heal with scarring. Keratoacanthoma is commonly found...

 exigua severs the blood vessels in the fish's tongue, causing the tongue to necrose from lack of blood. The parasite then replaces the fish's tongue by attaching...

process of umbilical cord residue healing, the ligated granuloma will necrose due to lack of blood supply and will fall off naturally within 1 to 2 weeks...

bowel wall until the point where they outstrip their blood supply and necrose (die) on the inside, forming a cavity that may eventually come to communicate...

is usually not a fungal infection but rather a neoplastic growth with necrosing portions. There is a weak evidence that 6% miltefosine solution applied...

surgery may leak. The stoma may retract, or may prolapse. Rarely, it may necrose. Pelvic exenteration involves removal of all of the pelvic organs. These...