page_title: Necrosis
hierarchical_section_title: Necrosis
caption_attribution_description: Extensive tissue necrosis of the lower limb in an 11-year-old boy who had been bitten two weeks earlier by a Bothrops asper (viper) in Ecuador. The degree of necrosis is sufficiently severe that some form of surgical amputation above the knee would have been inevitable.
context_page_description: 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Necrosis on a leg after a snake bite
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