Necrosis
Necrosis is a medical condition in which parts of a person's body die, turn black, and fall off. This happens when the there is not enough blood reaching the tissues. This can happen for many reasons including injury, poisons, bacteria or radiation damage. The dead tissue will not grow back.[1]
Necrosis Media
Structural changes of cells undergoing necrosis and apoptosis
Hand necrosis from bubonic plague
Karyolysis (and contraction band necrosis) in myocardial infarction (heart attack)
Pyknosis in a bile infarct
Cytoplasmic hypereosinophilia (seen in left half of image)
Pseudopalisading seen around necrosis in glioblastoma
References
- ↑ "Necrosis: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia". nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 6 December 2010.