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...
