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Necrosis facts for kids

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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.

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  • Structural changes of cells undergoing necrosis or apoptosis

    Structural changes of cells undergoing necrosis and apoptosis

  • Necrotic leg wound

    Necrotic leg wound caused by a brown recluse spider bite

  • Histopathology of cytoplasmic hypereosinophilia in a pituitary adenoma

    Cytoplasmic hypereosinophilia (seen in left half of image).

  • GBM pseudopalisading necrosis

    Pseudopalisading seen around necrosis in glioblastoma.

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