Traumatic jaw injury
A solider believed to have had his jaw blown off by heavy artillery in World War 1. This image is often falsely associated with Eben Myers, who died from radium poisoning by drinking Radithor,...
Tagged: face
Flesh-eating disease of the face
Necrotizing fasciitis , commonly known as flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria syndrome, is a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues, easily spreading across the fascial plane within the subcutaneous...
Noma – gangrenous tissue destruction of the face
Noma, also known as cancrum oris or gangrenous stomatitis, is a gangrenous disease leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek. Noma was observed in Nazi concentration camps in World...
Subcutaneous phycomycosis
Subcutaneous phycomycosis is a rare fungal infection of the deeper layers of skin.
Angioneurotic edema
Sudden onset (A) and complete resolution within 24 hours (B). Angioedema (BE: angiooedema) or Quincke’s edema is the rapid swelling (edema) of the dermis, subcutaneous tissue, mucosa and submucosal tissues. It is very similar...
Facial cleft in a 14 month old baby
A Chinese boy was born with a double face, making it look like he is wearing a mask. On May 17th, 2010, the mother Yi Xilian said with great agony in a local Hospital...
A man with two faces
“Your photo of a “Man with Two Faces” is actually a photograph of sideshow performer Bill Durks. He does not have “2” faces, Bill was born with a condition known as frontonasal dysplasia, a...
