Acute Appendicitis, Fatty Liver, Thrombus, and Atherosclerosis Slides
1. Slide (1):-Acute suppurative appendicitis
Naked eye :-Circular structure with bluish wall
Organ :-T.S. of an appendix
Comment :-
1-Lumen :-Necrotic debris,intact and dead PNLs,
2-Mucosa :-Intact and ulcerated areas
3-Submucosa :-Edema ,dilated and congested blood
vessels , hyperplastic lymphoid follicles and PNL,s
may extends to musculosa or serosa
Diagnosis :- Acute suppurative appendicitis
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3. Slide (2):- Chronic inflammation
Organ :- Section in the skin
Comment :-
1-Epidermis :- Thickened epidermis and keratin
2-Dermis :-
-Arterioles :- Thickened and narrowed (EAO)
-Peri-vascular cuffing by (lymphocytes ,plasma cells
and macrophages)
-Increased fibroblasts and collagen.
Diagnosis :- Chronic inflammation in skin
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5. Slide(3):-Myocardial scarring
Organ :- Section in heart
Comment :-
Intact cardiac muscles :- Running in different directions
Infarction area :- Pale pink,fibrous tissue area ,composed of
wavy collagen,few fibroblasts and few dilated thin walled
capillaries
Diagnosis:-
Myocardial scarring
8. Cloudy swelling :-
Reversible cell damage characterized by mild accumulation of
water inside cells.
Oragns affected :-Proximal convoluted tubules of kidney ,liver
and heart
Pathogenesis:-swollen mitochondria is fragmented with
resultant decreased production of ATP and consequent distrubed
Na/K pump retention of Na and H2O inside cells .
Pathology
Grossly :-
The organ size :- Increased
Colour :- Pale
Consistency:- Soft
10. Section in the kidney :-
Glomeruli :- Normal
Tubules :-
-Lumen :- Narrowed and star shaped
-Lining epithelial cells
*Swollen
*Conical (pyramidal ) shaped.Its apex directed
inward.
*Pink and granular cytoplasm (mitochondrial
damage.
*Intact rounded nuclei .
Diagnosis :- Cloudy swelling of the kidney
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12. Fatty change ,liver
A condition characterized by accumulation of triglyceride
inside hepatocytes
Causes:-
1-Toxins->diphtheria 2-Chemicals as phosphorus and CCL4
Etiology:-
1-Increased entrance of FFAheptocytes
2-Increased synthesis of FA and decreasd its oxidation
3-Increased estrification of FA
4-Decreased formation of phospholipids
5-Decreased excretion of phospholipids.
14. Slide(5):-Fatty changes of liver
Section in liver :-
Liver cells :-
Cytoplasm :- Contain large clear vacuoles
Nuclei :-Peripheral located nuclei(signet
ring appearance.
Some intact liver cells are seen.
Diagnosis :- Fatty changes of liver.
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16. Slide(6):-Recent thrombus
Naked eye :-Rounded structure with intra-luminal thrombus
(2nd rounded structure)
Section in blood vessel :-
1- The lumen of blood vessel :-
-Filled by thrombus mass attached to the vessel
wall at one point (head of the thrombus )
2-The thrombus mass containing :-
pale pink lines radiating from the head (lines of Zahn) and
contain in between meshwork of fibrin ,RBC,s and WBC,s.
Diagnosis :- Recent thrombus
18. Slide(7):-Atherosclerosis
Naked eye :- 3rd rounded structure
Section in an artery :-
Intima :- Degenerated and elevated
Subintima :- Fibro-fatty mass containing
, needle like crystals of cholesterol. and
haylinized C.T ± calcification
Elastic lamina :-Fragmented
Media opposite the lesion :- Atrophic .
Diagnosis :- Atherosclerosis of an artery