Breast fat necrosis is a noncancerous condition that occurs when there's damage to fatty breast tissue. You can develop breast fat necrosis at any age in any area of the breast, but if you're ...

Fat necrosis can occur in the breast after an infection or medical intervention. Where there was previously fatty tissue, there may now be scar tissue or a cyst, which appears as a lump.

A 69-year-old woman presented with a large, deep area of skin necrosis on the right breast. One month earlier, the patient had undergone a surgical treatment for a frontal-parietal meningioma.

Complications from flap reconstructions 60 cm2 or greater in the outpatient dermatology setting are infrequent and nonlife threatening.

Avascular necrosis is the breakdown and death of bone tissue due to insufficient blood supply. It’s a common complication of sickle cell disease, but early diagnosis and treatment can help slow ...

Finally, the stasis of blood flow determines the thrombosis of dermal venules and veins and may contribute to tissue necrosis. Our patient was simultaneously treated with diphenylhydantoin ...