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What is the difference between infarction and gangrene?

April 26, 2017difference gangrene infarction

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What is the difference between infarction and gangrene?

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The morphology of both is the same,that is,ischemic necrosis.I know gangrene involves putrefaction which infarction does not.Then,why is repair by fibrosis possible only in infarction,but not in gangrene?What are the exact definitions of infarction and gangrene?Please differentiate them clearly.