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Carbuncle is another name for a deep red almandine gemstone that has been cut with a smooth, convex face in a method called cabochon. Traditionally, the term referred to any red gemstone, most often a red garnet.
“Carbuncle is a confluent folliculitis that is affecting multiple s leading to multiple sinuses discharging pus. Optimisation of such as diabetes, , and s and are mainstay of initial treatment. Surgical intervention in the form of and desloughing followed by is the next line of management.”
“When the cook came in he was in a bad mood. He had a developing carbuncle on the back of his neck and the skin from the inside of an eggshell stretched over it to draw it to a head. He didn't want anybody in his kitchen, feeling the way the way he did.”
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