2. Out comes of Acute Inflammation
May have one of three outcomes:
1. Complete resolution
2. Healing by fibrosis
3. Chronic inflammation
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3. Out comes of Acute Inflammation
May have one of three outcomes:
1. Complete resolution
Restoration of inflamed tissue to normal
No loss of cells
No architectural loss
Seen when:
Inflammation is short lived
There is little tissue destruction
The tissue can regenerate – eg: liver
It involves:
Removal of cellular debris and microbes by macrophages
and
Resorption of edema fluid by lymphatics
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7. Out comes of Acute Inflammation
May have one of three outcomes:
1. Complete resolution
2. Healing by fibrosis:
It occurs:
– When there is substantial tissue loss
– When inflammation occurs in tissue incapable of
regeneration
– When there is excessive fibrin exudation which can
not be cleared
In these conditions connective tissue grows into
the area of destruction - ORGANIZATION
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8. Out comes of Acute Inflammation
May have one of three outcomes:
1. Complete resolution
2. Healing by fibrosis
3. Chronic inflammation
This occurs when:
• There is persistence of injurious agent
• There is interference with normal healing
process
Eg: Peptic ulcer, Complicated pneumonia
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10. Morphologic Patterns of Acute
Inflammation
The morphologic hallmarks of all acute inflammatory
reactions are:
• dilation of small blood vessels
• slowing of blood flow, and accumulation of leukocytes and
fluid in the extravascular tissue
• However, special morphologic patterns are often
superimposed on these general features, depending on the
severity of the reaction, its specific cause, and the particular
tissue and site involved
• The importance of recognizing the gross and microscopic
patterns is that they often provide valuable clues about the
underlying cause
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12. Morphologic Patterns of Acute
Inflammation
SEROUS INFLAMMATION
• marked by the outpouring of a thin fluid
• The skin blister resulting from a burn or
viral infection represents a large
accumulation of serous fluid
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19. Morphologic Patterns of Acute Inflammation
1. SEROUS INFLAMMATION
2. FIBRINOUS INFLAMMATION
A fibrinous exudate develops when:
Vascular leaks are large or
Local procoagulant stimulus (e.g., cancer cells)
Fibrinogen will be converted to fibrin
Occurs in inflammations involving the body cavities
Histology of fibrin: Eosinophilic meshwork of threads
or amorphous coagulum
Presence of fibrin stimulate the fibroblasts and blood
vessels resulting in scarring
Scarring (organization) may result in functional
impairment eg: cardiac encasemnt
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20. The typical “bread and butter” appearance of fibrinous pericarditis.
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23. Fibrinous inflammation
FIGURE 2-19 Fibrinous pericarditis. A, Deposits of fibrin on the
pericardium. B, A pink meshwork of fibrin exudate (F) overlies the
pericardial surface (P).
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29. Suppurative inflammation
FIGURE 2-20 Purulent inflammation. A, Multiple bacterial
abscesses in the lung, in a case of bronchopneumonia. B, The
abscess contains neutrophils and cellular debris, and is surrounded
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32. Morphologic Patterns of Acute Inflammation
1. SEROUS INFLAMMATION
2. FIBRINOUS INFLAMMATION
3. Suppurative inflammation: Abscess
4. ULCERATIVE INFLAMMATION:
Def: An ulcer is a discontinuity in the surface epithelial
lining or tissue due to sloughing of necrotic cells
Commonly encountered in
Lining epithelia
Skin and subcutaneous tissue
Eg: Peptic ulcer, Ophthus ulcers
Histologically:
PMN infiltrates at the margins
Granulation tissue formation
Fibrosis with chronicity
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33. Ulcerative inflammation
FIGURE 2-21 The morphology of an ulcer. A, A chronic duodenal
ulcer. B, Low-power cross-section of a duodenal ulcer crater with an
acute inflammatory exudate in the base.
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